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Joseph Meriwether Terrell

Senator from Georgia
SENATEDEMOCRAT1909–1913ID T000131
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LegislationHEADLINE
96%with Dems
of 27 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
96%with Dems
of 27 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 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 ↓1909
1911–1262nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 6 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1909 → 1911, +5 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
Jul 13, 1911S.Res. 74No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 10, 1911H.R. 4412No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 12, 1911H.J.Res. 39No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 39), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Jun 12, 1911H.J.Res. 39No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 12, 1911H.J.Res. 39No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1911noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 5, 1911noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 5, 1911noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 1, 1911noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 6 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

2 Congresses
61st · 190962nd · 1911
Democrat · Senate · GA61st–62nd
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
JT

Joseph Meriwether Terrell

Senator from Georgia
SENATED1909–19132 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
96.3%with Democrats
of 27 votes · 3.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested96%of 27 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1909→11, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019091911
1911–12 · 62nd · Democrat · of 6 votes100%

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 · 6 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

61st · 190962nd · 1911
Democrat61st–62nd

Party switchers

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