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John Jordan Crittenden

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1857–1863ID C000912
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LegislationHEADLINE
64%with Dems
of 832 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
64%with Dems
of 832 · both combined
Steepest move
+31 pts
1859 → 1861
under one label

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 ↓1857
1861–6237th Congress
Sat under another party label
95.7%with Democrats
of 255 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +31 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 3, 1863S. 467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1863S. 577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 577), 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
Mar 3, 1863S. 544No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 554No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 255 contested votes scored in the 37th 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
35th · 185737th · 1861
Other party · Senate · KY35th–36th
Other party · House · KY37th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
JC

John Jordan Crittenden

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEO1857–18633 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
63.9%with Democrats
of 832 votes · 36.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested64%of 832 · combined
Steepest move+31 pts1859→61, under another label

Career arc

10050018571861
1861–62 · 37th · Other party · of 255 votes95.7%

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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 · 255 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185737th · 1861
Other party35th–36th
Other party37th–37th

Party switchers

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