Hugo Lafayette Black

Senator from Alabama

SENATEDEMOCRAT1927–1939ID B000499

LegislationHEADLINE

92%with Dems

of 707 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

92%with Dems

of 707 · both combined

Steepest move

+8 pts

1933 → 1935

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 ↓19271933

1937–3875th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

90.5%with Democrats

of 42 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, +8 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

Aug 11, 1937H.R. 1507No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 11, 1937H.R. 1507No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 11, 1937S. 1567No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1567), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

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Aug 11, 1937S. 1567No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 6, 1937S. 1685No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 6, 1937S. 1685No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 4, 1937S. 1685No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 31, 1937S. 2475No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 42 contested votes scored in the 75th 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

6 Congresses

70th · 192775th · 1937

Democrat · Senate · AL70th–75th

Term datesexact

Hugo Lafayette Black

Senator from Alabama

SENATED1927–19396 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

91.8%with Democrats

of 707 votes · 8.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested92%of 707 · combined

Steepest move+8 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019271937

1937–38 · 75th · Democrat · of 42 votes90.5%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 42 contested votes scored in the 75th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

70th · 192775th · 1937

Democrat70th–75th

Party switchers

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