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Davis Elkins
Senator from West VirginiaSENATEREPUBLICAN1909–1925ID E000109
LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 437 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 437 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1921 → 1923
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 ↓190919151921
1923–2468th Congress
Sat as a Republican
16%with Democrats
of 25 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, +12 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
Feb 20, 1925S. 33LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1925S. 33LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 5, 1925noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jan 13, 1925H.R. 518LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 10, 1925H.R. 518LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 6, 1925S. 1898LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 5, 1925S. 1898LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1924H.R. 518LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 26, 1924S. 1898LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 68th 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
4 Congresses61st · 190968th · 1923
Republican · Senate · WV61st–68th
Term datesyears only to 1909 · exact from 1919