Lewis Heisler Ball

Senator from Delaware

SENATEREPUBLICAN1901–1925ID B000100

LegislationHEADLINE

3%with Dems

of 836 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

3%with Dems

of 836 · both combined

Steepest move

+14 pts

1921 → 1923

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 ↓1901190719131919

1923–2468th Congress

Sat as a Republican

14.7%with Democrats

of 95 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, +14 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, 1925H.R. 2688No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1925H.R. 12392No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1925noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Mar 2, 1925noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1925H.R. 11472No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1925H.R. 11472No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1925H.R. 12392No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1925H.R. 11444No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 68th 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

5 Congresses

57th · 190158th · 190368th · 1923

Republican · House · DE57th–57th

Republican · Senate · DE58th–68th

Term datesyears only to 1901 · exact from 1901

Lewis Heisler Ball

Senator from Delaware

SENATER1901–19255 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

3.5%with Democrats

of 836 votes · 96.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested3%of 836 · combined

Steepest move+14 pts1921→23, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019011923

1923–24 · 68th · Republican · of 95 votes14.7%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 68th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

57th · 190168th · 1923

Republican57th–57th

Republican58th–68th

Party switchers

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