SD
Sheridan Downey
Senator from CaliforniaSENATEDEMOCRAT1939–1951ID D000469
LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 683 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 683 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓19391945
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.1%with Democrats
of 174 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, +18 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 20, 1950noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 21, 1950S. 3936LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 21, 1950S. 3936LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3936), 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
Aug 21, 1950S. 3936LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 21, 1950S. 3936LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 21, 1950S. 3936LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 21, 1950S. 3936LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 21, 1950S. 3936LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 21, 1950S. 3936LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 174 contested votes scored in the 81st 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
6 Congresses76th · 193981st · 1949
Democrat · Senate · CA76th–81st
Term datesexact