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Frederick Hale

Senator from Maine
SENATEREPUBLICAN1917–1941ID H000031
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 2,055 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 2,055 · both combined
Steepest move
+20 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓1917192319291935
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Republican
25.2%with Democrats
of 155 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +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
Jan 2, 1941noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Nov 25, 1940H.R. 6324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 25, 1940H.R. 6324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6324), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Nov 19, 1940S. 1681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 2, 1940S. 162No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1940H.R. 960No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 24, 1940H.R. 960No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1940H.R. 10361No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1940S. 3550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 155 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

12 Congresses
65th · 191776th · 1939
Republican · Senate · ME65th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Maine
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Frederick Hale

Senator from Maine
SENATER1917–194112 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
11.3%with Democrats
of 2,055 votes · 88.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 2,055 · combined
Steepest move+20 pts1937→39, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019171939
1939–40 · 76th · Republican · of 155 votes25.2%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 155 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191776th · 1939
Republican65th–76th

Party switchers

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