Lester Jesse Dickinson

Senator from Iowa

SENATEREPUBLICAN1919–1937ID D000323

LegislationHEADLINE

13%with Dems

of 832 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

13%with Dems

of 832 · both combined

Steepest move

−15 pts

1933 → 1935

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 ↓191919251931

1935–3674th Congress

Sat as a Republican

1.4%with Democrats

of 69 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −15 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 20, 1936H.R. 12800No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 5, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12395), 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

Jun 1, 1936H.R. 12624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

May 18, 1936S. 3486No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Apr 17, 1936noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 24, 1936H.R. 11418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 23, 1936H.R. 11035No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 19, 1936noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 69 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

9 Congresses

66th · 191972nd · 193174th · 1935

Republican · House · IA66th–71st

Republican · Senate · IA72nd–74th

Term datesexact

Lester Jesse Dickinson

Senator from Iowa

SENATER1919–19379 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

13.5%with Democrats

of 832 votes · 86.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested13%of 832 · combined

Steepest move−15 pts1933→35, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019191935

1935–36 · 74th · Republican · of 69 votes1.4%

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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 · 69 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

66th · 191974th · 1935

Republican66th–71st

Republican72nd–74th

Party switchers

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