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Robert Love Taylor

Senator from Tennessee
SENATEDEMOCRAT1879–1913ID T000098
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 460 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 460 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1909 → 1911
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 ↓187918851891189719031909
1911–1262nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
97%with Democrats
of 33 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1909 → 1911, +7 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
Mar 11, 1912S. 4623No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 11, 1912S. 4623No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 7, 1912noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jan 30, 1912S. 252No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 30, 1912S. 252No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 30, 1912S. 252No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 30, 1912S. 252No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 30, 1912S. 252No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 23, 1912S. 4239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 33 contested votes scored in the 62nd 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

4 Congresses
46th · 187960th · 190762nd · 1911
Democrat · House · TN46th–46th
Democrat · Senate · TN60th–62nd
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Robert Love Taylor

Senator from Tennessee
SENATED1879–19134 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.3%with Democrats
of 460 votes · 8.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 460 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1909→11, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018791911
1911–12 · 62nd · Democrat · of 33 votes97%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 33 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187962nd · 1911
Democrat46th–46th
Democrat60th–62nd

Party switchers

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