Frederick Huntington Gillett

Senator from Massachusetts

SENATEREPUBLICAN1893–1931ID G000201

LegislationHEADLINE

12%with Dems

of 1,278 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

12%with Dems

of 1,278 · both combined

Steepest move

−20 pts

1917 → 1919

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 ↓1893189919051911191719231929

1929–3071st Congress

Sat as a Republican

15.1%with Democrats

of 152 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, −20 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, 1931S.J.Res. 49No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1931S. 255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17054), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Feb 25, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1931S.J.Res. 49No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 21, 1931H.R. 16969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 20, 1931H.R. 14246No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 19, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 14, 1931H.R. 14675No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 152 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

19 Congresses

53rd · 189369th · 192571st · 1929

Republican · House · MA53rd–68th

Republican · Senate · MA69th–71st

Term datesexact

Frederick Huntington Gillett

Senator from Massachusetts

SENATER1893–193119 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

11.9%with Democrats

of 1,278 votes · 88.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested12%of 1,278 · combined

Steepest move−20 pts1917→19, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018931929

1929–30 · 71st · Republican · of 152 votes15.1%

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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 · 152 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189371st · 1929

Republican53rd–68th

Republican69th–71st

Party switchers

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