William Henry Dieterich

Senator from Illinois

SENATEDEMOCRAT1931–1939ID D000339

LegislationHEADLINE

82%with Dems

of 351 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

82%with Dems

of 351 · both combined

Steepest move

+14 pts

1935 → 1937

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 ↓19311937

1937–3875th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

90.9%with Democrats

of 88 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, +14 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 15, 1938H.R. 10618No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

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

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

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 300), 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

Open roll call

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

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

Jun 2, 1938H.J.Res. 679No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jun 1, 1938H.J.Res. 679No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 88 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

4 Congresses

72nd · 193173rd · 193375th · 1937

Democrat · House · IL72nd–72nd

Democrat · Senate · IL73rd–75th

Term datesexact

William Henry Dieterich

Senator from Illinois

SENATED1931–19394 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

82.1%with Democrats

of 351 votes · 17.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested82%of 351 · combined

Steepest move+14 pts1935→37, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311937

1937–38 · 75th · Democrat · of 88 votes90.9%

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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 · 88 contested votes scored in the 75th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193175th · 1937

Democrat72nd–72nd

Democrat73rd–75th

Party switchers

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