John Franklin Shafroth

Senator from Colorado

SENATEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY→DEMOCRAT1895–1919ID S000279

LegislationHEADLINE

84%with Dems

of 1,122 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

84%with Dems

of 1,122 · both combined

Steepest move

+42 pts

1895 → 1897

the label changed

Changed parties

55th

R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓1895190119071913R→O · 55th

1917–1865th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

75.2%with Democrats

of 161 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, +42 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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 recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

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

Mar 1, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

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

Feb 27, 1919H.R. 15796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

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

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

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

9 most recent roll calls shown · 161 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

8 Congresses

54th · 189555th · 189758th · 190363rd · 191365th · 1917

Republican · House · CO54th–54th

Other party · House · CO55th–57th

Democrat · House · CO58th–58th

Democrat · Senate · CO63rd–65th

Term datesexact

John Franklin Shafroth

Senator from Colorado

SENATER→O→D1895–19198 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

83.8%with Democrats

of 1,122 votes · 16.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested84%of 1,122 · combined

Steepest move+42 pts1895→97, under another label

Changed parties55thR→O

Career arc

100500R→O18951917

1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 161 votes75.2%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 161 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189565th · 1917

Republican54th–54th

Other party55th–57th

Democrat58th–58th

Democrat63rd–65th

Other party switchers

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