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Arthur Thomas Stewart

Senator from Tennessee
SENATEDEMOCRAT1939–1949ID S000901
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LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 615 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 615 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1941 → 1943
still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓19391945
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
68.1%with Democrats
of 135 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −12 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Aug 7, 1948H.Con.Res. 222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 7, 1948S.Con.Res. 63No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 7, 1948H.J.Res. 445No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 445), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Aug 7, 1948H.J.Res. 445No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 7, 1948S.J.Res. 157No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 4, 1948H.R. 29No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 2, 1948S.Con.Res. 60No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 135 contested votes scored in the 80th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

5 Congresses
76th · 193980th · 1947
Democrat · Senate · TN76th–80th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Arthur Thomas Stewart

Senator from Tennessee
SENATED1939–19495 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
77.6%with Democrats
of 615 votes · 22.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested78%of 615 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391947
1947–48 · 80th · Democrat · of 135 votes68.1%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 135 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

76th · 193980th · 1947
Democrat76th–80th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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