Alvin Victor Donahey

Senator from Ohio

SENATEDEMOCRAT1935–1941ID D000410

LegislationHEADLINE

45%with Dems

of 218 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

45%with Dems

of 218 · both combined

Steepest move

−25 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 ↓1935

1939–4076th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

49.5%with Democrats

of 95 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, −25 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

Sep 19, 1940H.R. 10413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 14, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 13, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4164), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Sep 9, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 9, 1940S. 2009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 9, 1940S. 2009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 28, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 28, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 28, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

3 Congresses

74th · 193576th · 1939

Democrat · Senate · OH74th–76th

Term datesexact

Alvin Victor Donahey

Senator from Ohio

SENATED1935–19413 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

45%with Democrats

of 218 votes · 55% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested45%of 218 · combined

Steepest move−25 pts1935→37, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351939

1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 95 votes49.5%

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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 · 95 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193576th · 1939

Democrat74th–76th

Party switchers

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