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Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott

Representative from Maryland
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1879–1919ID T000021
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LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 1,070 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 1,070 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1903 → 1905
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 ↓1879188518911897190319091915
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.7%with Democrats
of 48 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1903 → 1905, +14 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
Sep 20, 1918H.R. 12863No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 3, 1918H.R. 11984No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 29, 1918H.R. 7237No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7237), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jun 27, 1918H.R. 10854No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 21, 1918H.R. 11984No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1918H.R. 10854No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 13, 1918H.R. 7237No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 28, 1918H.Res. 323No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 23, 1918H.R. 11945No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

12 Congresses
46th · 187965th · 1917
Democrat · House · MD46th–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
JT

Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott

Representative from Maryland
HOUSED1879–191912 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
79.5%with Democrats
of 1,070 votes · 20.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested80%of 1,070 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1903→05, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018791917
1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 48 votes91.7%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187965th · 1917
Democrat46th–65th

Party switchers

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