Robert Jackson Gamble

Senator from South Dakota

SENATEREPUBLICAN1895–1913ID G000032

LegislationHEADLINE

13%with Dems

of 663 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

13%with Dems

of 663 · both combined

Steepest move

−15 pts

1909 → 1911

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 ↓189519011907

1911–1262nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

9.5%with Democrats

of 84 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1909 → 1911, −15 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

Mar 3, 1913H.R. 28766No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1913H.R. 28766No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1913H.R. 27148No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 27148), 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

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1913S. 5382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 84 contested votes scored in the 62nd 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

8 Congresses

54th · 189557th · 190162nd · 1911

Republican · House · SD54th–56th

Republican · Senate · SD57th–62nd

Term datesexact

Robert Jackson Gamble

Senator from South Dakota

SENATER1895–19138 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

13.4%with Democrats

of 663 votes · 86.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested13%of 663 · combined

Steepest move−15 pts1909→11, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018951911

1911–12 · 62nd · Republican · of 84 votes9.5%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 84 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189562nd · 1911

Republican54th–56th

Republican57th–62nd

Party switchers

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