Fred Dickinson Letts

Representative from Iowa

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1925–1931ID L000258

LegislationHEADLINE

16%with Dems

of 140 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

16%with Dems

of 140 · both combined

Steepest move

−12 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 ↓1925

1929–3071st Congress

Sat as a Republican

11.9%with Democrats

of 59 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −12 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

Mar 3, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1931S. 6255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1931S. 6046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 6046), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

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Mar 2, 1931H.J.Res. 500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1931S. 4586No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1931H.R. 12918No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 59 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

69th · 192571st · 1929

Republican · House · IA69th–71st

Term datesexact

Fred Dickinson Letts

Representative from Iowa

HOUSER1925–19313 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

15.7%with Democrats

of 140 votes · 84.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested16%of 140 · combined

Steepest move−12 pts1927→29, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019251929

1929–30 · 71st · Republican · of 59 votes11.9%

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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 · 59 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

69th · 192571st · 1929

Republican69th–71st

Party switchers

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