Woodbridge Nathan Ferris

Senator from Michigan

SENATEDEMOCRAT1923–1929ID F000092

LegislationHEADLINE

79%with Dems

of 204 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

79%with Dems

of 204 · both combined

Steepest move

+18 pts

1925 → 1927

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 ↓1923

1927–2870th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

91.7%with Democrats

of 24 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +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

Feb 2, 1929noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 13, 1928S.J.Res. 46No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 46), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 12, 1928S.J.Res. 46No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1928S. 700No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1928S. 700No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1928H.R. 10286No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1928H.R. 10286No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 20, 1928H.R. 7201No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 24 contested votes scored in the 70th 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

68th · 192370th · 1927

Democrat · Senate · MI68th–70th

Term datesexact

Woodbridge Nathan Ferris

Senator from Michigan

SENATED1923–19293 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

79.4%with Democrats

of 204 votes · 20.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested79%of 204 · combined

Steepest move+18 pts1925→27, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231927

1927–28 · 70th · Democrat · of 24 votes91.7%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 24 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192370th · 1927

Democrat68th–70th

Party switchers

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