Joseph Lister Hill

Senator from Alabama

SENATEDEMOCRAT1923–1969ID H000598

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 3,069 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 3,069 · both combined

Steepest move

−24 pts

1963 → 1965

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 ↓19231929193519411947195319591965

1967–6890th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

59.7%with Democrats

of 186 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −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

Oct 10, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 10, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 9, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 18037), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Oct 9, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 8, 1968H.R. 2767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 8, 1968H.R. 2767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 8, 1968noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1968H.R. 19908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 186 contested votes scored in the 90th 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

23 Congresses

68th · 192376th · 193990th · 1967

Democrat · House · AL68th–75th

Democrat · Senate · AL76th–90th

Term datesexact

Joseph Lister Hill

Senator from Alabama

SENATED1923–196923 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

86.2%with Democrats

of 3,069 votes · 13.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 3,069 · combined

Steepest move−24 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231967

1967–68 · 90th · Democrat · of 186 votes59.7%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 186 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192390th · 1967

Democrat68th–75th

Democrat76th–90th

Party switchers

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