JT
John Randolph Thornton
Senator from LouisianaSENATEDEMOCRAT1909–1915ID T000241
LegislationHEADLINE
76%with Dems
of 543 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
76%with Dems
of 543 · both combined
Steepest move
+22 pts
1911 → 1913
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
1913–1463rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.6%with Democrats
of 318 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, +22 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
Feb 12, 1915S. 6856LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 12, 1915S. 6856LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 12, 1915S. 6856LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 6856), 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
Feb 11, 1915noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 11, 1915noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 8, 1915S. 6856LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 8, 1915H.R. 16673LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 8, 1915noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 8, 1915S. 6856LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 318 contested votes scored in the 63rd CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses61st · 190963rd · 1913
Democrat · Senate · LA61st–63rd
Term datesexact