Royal Samuel Copeland

Senator from New York

SENATEDEMOCRAT1923–1939ID C000769

LegislationHEADLINE

54%with Dems

of 892 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

54%with Dems

of 892 · both combined

Steepest move

−19 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 ↓192319291935

1937–3875th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

20.6%with Democrats

of 107 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −19 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

Jun 16, 1938H.R. 10530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 15, 1938H.R. 10618No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 14, 1938H.R. 10851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10851), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Jun 14, 1938H.R. 10851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 14, 1938H.R. 1531No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jun 9, 1938S.J.Res. 300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jun 3, 1938H.J.Res. 679No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 3, 1938H.J.Res. 679No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 107 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

8 Congresses

68th · 192375th · 1937

Democrat · Senate · NY68th–75th

Term datesexact

Royal Samuel Copeland

Senator from New York

SENATED1923–19398 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

54.5%with Democrats

of 892 votes · 45.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested54%of 892 · combined

Steepest move−19 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231937

1937–38 · 75th · Democrat · of 107 votes20.6%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 107 contested votes scored in the 75th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192375th · 1937

Democrat68th–75th

Party switchers

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