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Frank Gardner

Representative from Indiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1923–1929ID G000053
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LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 191 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 191 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 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
80.6%with Democrats
of 36 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, −9 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
Mar 3, 1929H.J.Res. 402No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1929S.J.Res. 132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1929S. 2901No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2901), 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
Feb 25, 1929H.R. 17223No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1929H.R. 15089No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1929S. 1462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1929H.R. 16926No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 8, 1929H.R. 16714No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1929S. 1347No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 36 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 · House · IN68th–70th
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
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Frank Gardner

Representative from Indiana
HOUSED1923–19293 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Democrats
of 191 votes · 12% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested88%of 191 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1925→27, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231927
1927–28 · 70th · Democrat · of 36 votes80.6%

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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 · 36 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 · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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