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Obadiah Gardner

Senator from Maine
SENATEDEMOCRAT1911–1913ID G000060
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 93 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 93 · both combined

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 ↓1911
1911–1262nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.6%with Democrats
of 93 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1913S. 5382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1913H.R. 28812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 93 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

1 Congresses
62nd · 1911
Democrat · Senate · ME62nd–62nd
Term datesexact
Members · Maine
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Obadiah Gardner

Senator from Maine
SENATED1911–19131 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
80.6%with Democrats
of 93 votes · 19.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 93 · combined

Career arc

10050019111911
1911–12 · 62nd · Democrat · of 93 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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 93 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191162nd · 1911
Democrat62nd–62nd

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