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Richard Louis Murphy
Senator from IowaSENATEDEMOCRAT1933–1937ID M001103
LegislationHEADLINE
82%with Dems
of 231 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
82%with Dems
of 231 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓1933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
73.3%with Democrats
of 86 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −14 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
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12800LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12395LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 10919LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10919), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jun 16, 1936S. 4424LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1936H.R. 12395LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 3, 1936H.R. 12395LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 1, 1936H.R. 12624LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 1, 1936H.R. 12624LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 1, 1936H.R. 12624LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 86 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
2 Congresses73rd · 193374th · 1935
Democrat · Senate · IA73rd–74th
Term datesexact