Robert Beecher Howell

Senator from Nebraska

SENATEREPUBLICAN1923–1935ID H000868

LegislationHEADLINE

64%with Dems

of 559 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

64%with Dems

of 559 · both combined

Steepest move

+22 pts

1927 → 1929

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 ↓19231929

1931–3272nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

60%with Democrats

of 75 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, +22 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 20, 1933S. 5125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 20, 1933S. 5125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 20, 1933S. 5125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 5125), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 15, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 15, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 14, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 75 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

6 Congresses

68th · 192373rd · 1933

Republican · Senate · NE68th–73rd

Term datesexact

Robert Beecher Howell

Senator from Nebraska

SENATER1923–19356 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

63.5%with Democrats

of 559 votes · 36.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested64%of 559 · combined

Steepest move+22 pts1927→29, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019231933

1931–32 · 72nd · Republican · of 75 votes60%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 75 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192373rd · 1933

Republican68th–73rd

Party switchers

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