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Bert Manfred Fernald

Senator from Maine
SENATEREPUBLICAN1915–1927ID F000084
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LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 741 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 741 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1917 → 1919
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 ↓19151921
1925–2669th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.2%with Democrats
of 41 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, −9 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
Jul 2, 1926H.R. 3821No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1926H.R. 3821No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 29, 1926H.R. 7893No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7893), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jun 29, 1926noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 29, 1926H.R. 7893No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 29, 1926H.R. 7893No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 29, 1926H.R. 7893No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 29, 1926H.R. 7893No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 29, 1926H.R. 7893No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 69th 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

6 Congresses
64th · 191569th · 1925
Republican · Senate · ME64th–69th
Term datesexact
Members · Maine
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Bert Manfred Fernald

Senator from Maine
SENATER1915–19276 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
6.9%with Democrats
of 741 votes · 93.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested7%of 741 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1917→19, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019151925
1925–26 · 69th · Republican · of 41 votes12.2%

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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 · 41 contested votes scored in the 69th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191569th · 1925
Republican64th–69th

Party switchers

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