Matthew Mansfield Neely

Senator from West Virginia

SENATEDEMOCRAT1913–1959ID N000023

LegislationHEADLINE

87%with Dems

of 1,960 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

87%with Dems

of 1,960 · both combined

Steepest move

−24 pts

1927 → 1931

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 ↓19131919192519311937194319491955

1957–5885th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

80.6%with Democrats

of 36 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1927 → 1931, −24 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

Aug 30, 1957S. 2377No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 29, 1957H.R. 9302No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 29, 1957H.R. 6127No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6127), 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

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Aug 27, 1957H.R. 6127No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 27, 1957H.R. 2462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 27, 1957H.R. 4274No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 27, 1957H.R. 9302No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 26, 1957S. 2377No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 36 contested votes scored in the 85th 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

19 Congresses

63rd · 191368th · 192379th · 194581st · 194985th · 1957

Democrat · House · WV63rd–66th

Democrat · Senate · WV68th–77th

Democrat · House · WV79th–79th

Democrat · Senate · WV81st–85th

Term datesexact

Matthew Mansfield Neely

Senator from West Virginia

SENATED1913–195919 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

86.8%with Democrats

of 1,960 votes · 13.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested87%of 1,960 · combined

Steepest move−24 pts1927→31, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019131957

1957–58 · 85th · Democrat · of 36 votes80.6%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 36 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191385th · 1957

Democrat63rd–66th

Democrat68th–77th

Democrat79th–79th

Democrat81st–85th

Party switchers

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