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Sherman Minton
Senator from IndianaSENATEDEMOCRAT1935–1941ID M000800
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 356 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 356 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 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
93.2%with Democrats
of 162 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, +10 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
Jan 2, 1941noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Nov 25, 1940H.R. 6324LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Nov 25, 1940H.R. 6324LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6324), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Oct 8, 1940noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 2, 1940S. 162LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 26, 1940H.R. 960LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1940H.R. 960LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1940H.R. 960LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 24, 1940H.R. 960LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 162 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 · IN74th–76th
Term datesexact