JM
Jesse Houghton Metcalf
Senator from Rhode IslandSENATEREPUBLICAN1923–1937ID M000670
LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 755 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 755 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓192319291935
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.9%with Democrats
of 92 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, −11 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
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12800LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12800LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12395LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12395), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 10919LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 8555LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 16, 1936S. 4424LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1936S. 4552LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1936H.R. 12395LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 1, 1936H.R. 12624LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 92 contested votes scored in the 74th 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
7 Congresses68th · 192374th · 1935
Republican · Senate · RI68th–74th
Term datesexact