James Eli Watson

Senator from Indiana

SENATEREPUBLICAN1895–1933ID W000203

LegislationHEADLINE

5%with Dems

of 1,730 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

5%with Dems

of 1,730 · both combined

Steepest move

−13 pts

1927 → 1929

still a Republican

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 ↓1895190119071913191919251931

1931–3272nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

5.2%with Democrats

of 97 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −13 pts — within one party label.

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 1, 1933S.Res. 375No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 24, 1933H.R. 13520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 211), 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

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Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 15, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 14, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 10, 1933H.R. 14199No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 97 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

15 Congresses

54th · 189564th · 191572nd · 1931

Republican · House · IN54th–60th

Republican · Senate · IN64th–72nd

Term datesexact

James Eli Watson

Senator from Indiana

SENATER1895–193315 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

4.7%with Democrats

of 1,730 votes · 95.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested5%of 1,730 · combined

Steepest move−13 pts1927→29, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018951931

1931–32 · 72nd · Republican · of 97 votes5.2%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 97 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189572nd · 1931

Republican54th–60th

Republican64th–72nd

Party switchers

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