RH
Rush Dew Holt
Senator from West VirginiaSENATEDEMOCRAT1935–1941ID H000749
LegislationHEADLINE
25%with Dems
of 245 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
25%with Dems
of 245 · both combined
Steepest move
−71 pts
1935 → 1937
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 ↓1935
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
15%with Democrats
of 120 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, −71 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
Nov 25, 1940H.R. 6324LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 25, 1940H.R. 6324LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 19, 1940S. 1681LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1681), 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
Oct 2, 1940S. 162LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 26, 1940H.R. 960LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1940H.R. 960LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 24, 1940H.R. 960LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 19, 1940H.R. 10413LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 19, 1940H.R. 10413LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 120 contested votes scored in the 76th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses74th · 193576th · 1939
Democrat · Senate · WV74th–76th
Term datesexact