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Martin Dies

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1909–1919ID D000337
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 466 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 466 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1909 → 1911
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 ↓19091915
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91%with Democrats
of 67 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1909 → 1911, −7 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
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1919H.R. 16187No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1919H.R. 13274No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1919H.R. 16020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1919H.R. 15835No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 65th 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
61st · 190965th · 1917
Democrat · House · TX61st–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
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Martin Dies

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1909–19195 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Democrats
of 466 votes · 9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 466 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1909→11, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019091917
1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 67 votes91%

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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 · 67 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

61st · 190965th · 1917
Democrat61st–65th

Party switchers

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