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Cassius Clay Dowell
Representative from IowaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1915–1941ID D000468
LegislationHEADLINE
25%with Dems
of 1,088 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
25%with Dems
of 1,088 · both combined
Steepest move
+32 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 ↓19151921192719331939
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.7%with Democrats
of 72 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +32 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
Jan 24, 1940H.R. 5118LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 23, 1940H.Res. 321LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 10, 1940H.R. 801LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 801), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Jan 8, 1940H.Res. 103LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 3, 1939S.Con.Res. 31LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Nov 3, 1939H.J.Res. 306LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Nov 2, 1939H.J.Res. 306LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 2, 1939H.J.Res. 306LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 2, 1939H.J.Res. 306LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 76th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
12 Congresses64th · 191576th · 1939
Republican · House · IA64th–76th
Term datesexact