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Frank Robert Gooding

Senator from Idaho
SENATEREPUBLICAN1919–1929ID G000288
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 747 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 747 · both combined
Steepest move
+29 pts
1921 → 1923
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 ↓19191925
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Republican
42.1%with Democrats
of 19 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, +29 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
Feb 2, 1929noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 25, 1928S. 3555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 25, 1928noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
May 19, 1928H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 19, 1928H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 10, 1928H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 10, 1928H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 10, 1928H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 7, 1928S.Res. 222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 19 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

5 Congresses
66th · 191970th · 1927
Republican · Senate · ID66th–70th
Term datesyears only to 1919 · exact from 1921
Members · Idaho
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Frank Robert Gooding

Senator from Idaho
SENATER1919–19295 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
16.5%with Democrats
of 747 votes · 83.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 747 · combined
Steepest move+29 pts1921→23, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019191927
1927–28 · 70th · Republican · of 19 votes42.1%

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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 · 19 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

66th · 191970th · 1927
Republican66th–70th

Party switchers

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