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Prentiss Marsh Brown

Senator from Michigan
SENATEDEMOCRAT1933–1943ID B000941
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LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 485 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 485 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓19331939
1941–4277th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
74.1%with Democrats
of 81 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, −10 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
Dec 4, 1942S.J.Res. 192No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 4, 1942S.J.Res. 192No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Nov 23, 1942H.R. 1024No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1024), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Oct 10, 1942H.R. 7378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1942H.R. 7378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 9, 1942H.R. 7378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1942H.R. 7378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 8, 1942H.R. 7378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 7, 1942H.R. 7378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 77th 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
73rd · 193375th · 193777th · 1941
Democrat · House · MI73rd–74th
Democrat · Senate · MI75th–77th
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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Prentiss Marsh Brown

Senator from Michigan
SENATED1933–19435 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
79.6%with Democrats
of 485 votes · 20.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested80%of 485 · combined
Steepest move−10 pts1937→39, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331941
1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 81 votes74.1%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193377th · 1941
Democrat73rd–74th
Democrat75th–77th

Party switchers

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