William Henry McMaster

Senator from South Dakota

SENATEREPUBLICAN1925–1931ID M000563

LegislationHEADLINE

69%with Dems

of 391 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

69%with Dems

of 391 · both combined

Steepest move

+30 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

83.6%with Democrats

of 226 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, +30 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, 1931S. 255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16836), 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

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Feb 27, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17163No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 21, 1931H.R. 16969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 19, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 14, 1931H.R. 14675No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 11, 1931H.R. 6603No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 226 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 · Senate · SD69th–71st

Term datesexact

William Henry McMaster

Senator from South Dakota

SENATER1925–19313 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

69.3%with Democrats

of 391 votes · 30.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested69%of 391 · combined

Steepest move+30 pts1927→29, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019251929

1929–30 · 71st · Republican · of 226 votes83.6%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 226 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