James Kimble Vardaman

Senator from Mississippi

SENATEDEMOCRAT1913–1919ID V000070

LegislationHEADLINE

75%with Dems

of 676 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

75%with Dems

of 676 · both combined

Steepest move

−24 pts

1915 → 1917

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 ↓1913

1917–1865th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

60.1%with Democrats

of 143 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, −24 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 3, 1919H.J.Res. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1919H.J.Res. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16136), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Feb 27, 1919H.R. 15796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1919H.R. 15796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 22, 1919S. 2812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 18, 1919H.R. 13462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 18, 1919H.R. 13462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 143 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

3 Congresses

63rd · 191365th · 1917

Democrat · Senate · MS63rd–65th

Term datesexact

James Kimble Vardaman

Senator from Mississippi

SENATED1913–19193 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

75.4%with Democrats

of 676 votes · 24.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested75%of 676 · combined

Steepest move−24 pts1915→17, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019131917

1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 143 votes60.1%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 143 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191365th · 1917

Democrat63rd–65th

Party switchers

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