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Porter Hinman Dale

Senator from Vermont
SENATEREPUBLICAN1915–1935ID D000009
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 1,004 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 1,004 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1925 → 1927
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 ↓1915192119271933
1933–3473rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.5%with Democrats
of 31 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +16 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
Jun 15, 1933H.R. 5389No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1933H.R. 5389No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 13, 1933H.R. 5755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5755), 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
Jun 10, 1933noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1933noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 9, 1933H.R. 5755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 9, 1933H.R. 5755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 3, 1933H.J.Res. 192No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 2, 1933H.J.Res. 192No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 31 contested votes scored in the 73rd 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

10 Congresses
64th · 191568th · 192373rd · 1933
Republican · House · VT64th–67th
Republican · Senate · VT68th–73rd
Term datesexact
Members · Vermont
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Porter Hinman Dale

Senator from Vermont
SENATER1915–193510 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
14.8%with Democrats
of 1,004 votes · 85.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 1,004 · combined
Steepest move+16 pts1925→27, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019151933
1933–34 · 73rd · Republican · of 31 votes6.5%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 31 contested votes scored in the 73rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191573rd · 1933
Republican64th–67th
Republican68th–73rd

Party switchers

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