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Clyde LaVerne Herring

Senator from Iowa
SENATEDEMOCRAT1937–1943ID H000543
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 298 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 298 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1939 → 1941
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 ↓1937
1941–4277th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
69.3%with Democrats
of 75 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, −12 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
Dec 4, 1942S. 2528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1942S.J.Res. 192No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 4, 1942S.J.Res. 192No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 192), 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 23, 1942H.R. 1024No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 20, 1942H.R. 1024No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Nov 20, 1942H.R. 1024No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Nov 18, 1942H.R. 1024No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 18, 1942noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Nov 17, 1942noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 75 contested votes scored in the 77th 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
75th · 193777th · 1941
Democrat · Senate · IA75th–77th
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
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Clyde LaVerne Herring

Senator from Iowa
SENATED1937–19433 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
78.5%with Democrats
of 298 votes · 21.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested79%of 298 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1939→41, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019371941
1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 75 votes69.3%

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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 · 75 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193777th · 1941
Democrat75th–77th

Party switchers

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