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Joseph Davies Tydings

Senator from Maryland
SENATEDEMOCRAT1965–1971ID T000445
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 546 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 546 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1965 → 1967
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 ↓1965
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.1%with Democrats
of 158 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1965 → 1967, −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
Dec 29, 1970S. 437No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17550), 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
Dec 28, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 28, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1970S. 3867No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1970H.R. 17755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1970H.R. 19911No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1970H.R. 19911No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 158 contested votes scored in the 91st 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

3 Congresses
89th · 196591st · 1969
Democrat · Senate · MD89th–91st
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
JT

Joseph Davies Tydings

Senator from Maryland
SENATED1965–19713 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.2%with Democrats
of 546 votes · 8.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 546 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1965→67, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019651969
1969–70 · 91st · Democrat · of 158 votes91.1%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 158 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

89th · 196591st · 1969
Democrat89th–91st

Party switchers

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