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Tim Johnson

Senator for South Dakota · Democrat

Born 1946 · Died 2024

Democrat · SD House 1987–1997 Senate 1997–2015
10,395votes cast 95.7%attendance 90.3%party loyalty 14congresses served
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Official details

Tim Johnson

Recent bills they sponsored
  • S. 2910 · Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act September 18, 2014 · In committee
  • S. 2570 · Tribal Adoption Parity Act July 9, 2014 · In committee
  • S. 2464 · National Bison Legacy Act June 11, 2014 · In committee
  • S.Res. 464 · A resolution designating June 2014 as "National Aphasia Awareness Month" and supporting efforts to increase a… June 3, 2014 · Passed Senate
  • S. 2299 · Native American Languages Reauthorization Act of 2014 May 7, 2014 · Out of committee
From the current-Congress bills Power & Politics tracks. This is not a complete count.
Every term served
8 terms
ChamberRepresentsPartyTerm dates
SenateSouth DakotaDemocratJanuary 6, 2009 – January 3, 2015
SenateSouth DakotaDemocratJanuary 7, 2003 – January 3, 2009
SenateSouth DakotaDemocratJanuary 7, 1997 – January 3, 2003
HouseSouth Dakota · At-largeDemocratJanuary 4, 1995 – January 3, 1997
HouseSouth Dakota · At-largeDemocratJanuary 5, 1993 – January 3, 1995
HouseSouth Dakota · District 1DemocratJanuary 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
HouseSouth Dakota · District 1DemocratJanuary 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991
HouseSouth Dakota · District 1DemocratJanuary 6, 1987 – January 3, 1989
These are the official start and end dates of each term. A member who left early or arrived late served only part of it.

Source: congress-legislators, a public-domain record of every member of Congress, checked October 27, 2026.

The Constitution
Where they sit

Ideology, measured from every vote they cast

DW-NOMINATE first dimension (Voteview, UCLA), shown against the 113th Congress Senate.

The record

Every roll-call vote on file

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The record, in order

Record timeline

  1. · Campaign finance (FEC)

    FEC financial summary for candidate ID S6SD00051, 2024 cycle, coverage through March 31, 2023: total receipts $0.00, total disbursements $430,750.00, cash on hand at close of period $13,571.27, as reported to the FEC

    FEC candidate record

  2. · Campaign finance (FEC)

    FEC financial summary for candidate ID S6SD00051, 2022 cycle, coverage through December 31, 2022: total receipts $1,138.55, total disbursements $-40,180.07, cash on hand at close of period $444,321.27, as reported to the FEC

    FEC candidate record

  3. · Campaign finance (FEC)

    FEC financial summary for candidate ID S6SD00051, 2020 cycle, coverage through December 31, 2020: total receipts $5,453.74, total disbursements $114,307.10, cash on hand at close of period $-98.80, as reported to the FEC

    FEC candidate record

  4. · Campaign finance (FEC)

    FEC financial summary for candidate ID S6SD00051, 2018 cycle, coverage through December 31, 2018: total receipts $7,764.29, total disbursements $265,734.39, cash on hand at close of period $511,856.01, as reported to the FEC

    FEC candidate record

  5. · Campaign finance (FEC)

    FEC financial summary for candidate ID S6SD00051, 2016 cycle, coverage through December 31, 2016: total receipts $4,312.00, total disbursements $63,481.00, cash on hand at close of period $769,826.00, as reported to the FEC

    FEC candidate record

  6. · Bills sponsored

    Latest official action on S. 684: Held at the desk.

    Congress.gov bill record · Our file

  7. · Campaign finance (FEC)

    FEC financial summary for candidate ID S6SD00051, 2014 cycle, coverage through December 31, 2014: total receipts $105,635.12, total disbursements $512,032.61, cash on hand at close of period $828,994.00, as reported to the FEC

    FEC candidate record

  8. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On the Nomination: PN 1345 (Senate Vote 366 (113th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Nomination Confirmed

    Senate.gov roll-call record · Our file

  9. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On the Cloture Motion: PN 1345 (Senate Vote 365 (113th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Cloture Motion Agreed to

    Senate.gov roll-call record · Our file

  10. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Passage of the Bill: H.R. 5771 (Senate Vote 364 (113th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Bill Passed

    Senate.gov roll-call record · Our file

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  • Lobbyist contribution reports: No official record has been found at this time. We are watching for updates.
  • Court and ethics records: No official record has been found at this time. We are watching for updates.

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Same measure, over time

Recorded positions over time

On 27 measures the recorded Yea or Nay differs between two votes. On 195 measures the recorded position is the same across two or more votes.

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Attendance

Last 96 roll calls

voted / present missed (punched)
The full record

Votes cast by year

Financial disclosures and stock trades

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In the courts

Court cases naming this member in their official role

Federal cases whose public caption explicitly names this person as a United States senator or representative in an official capacity, during a term recorded in this file. The date on each line is the date of that record, not necessarily the day the case was filed. Being named in an official-capacity case is not a finding about the person, and nothing here says who won. Personal matters are left out entirely.

We have not found a public court record that clearly names this person in their official role, matches the dates they held office, and comes from a court we can follow. That does not mean no case exists. It means we have no qualifying record to show here.

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Voting records reproduced from the official Journals of the House and Senate (compiled by Voteview, UCLA) · each measure's file links its official government record · sources & methodology · data as of October 27, 2026