Simeon Davison Fess

Senator from Ohio

SENATEREPUBLICAN1913–1935ID F000096

LegislationHEADLINE

10%with Dems

of 1,298 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

10%with Dems

of 1,298 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 pts

1929 → 1931

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 ↓1913191919251931

1933–3473rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

10%with Democrats

of 130 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, +11 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

Jun 18, 1934H.R. 9830No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 18, 1934H.R. 9830No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jun 16, 1934H.J.Res. 375No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 375), 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

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Jun 16, 1934S. 3794No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 15, 1934H.R. 9830No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 15, 1934H.R. 9830No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 14, 1934S. 3231No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 130 contested votes scored in the 73rd 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

11 Congresses

63rd · 191368th · 192373rd · 1933

Republican · House · OH63rd–67th

Republican · Senate · OH68th–73rd

Term datesexact

Simeon Davison Fess

Senator from Ohio

SENATER1913–193511 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

9.9%with Democrats

of 1,298 votes · 90.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested10%of 1,298 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1929→31, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019131933

1933–34 · 73rd · Republican · of 130 votes10%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 130 contested votes scored in the 73rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191373rd · 1933

Republican63rd–67th

Republican68th–73rd

Party switchers

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