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Peter Norbeck

Senator from South Dakota
SENATEREPUBLICAN1921–1937ID N000132
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LegislationHEADLINE
45%with Dems
of 968 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
45%with Dems
of 968 · both combined
Steepest move
+38 pts
1921 → 1923
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 ↓192119271933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Republican
41.2%with Democrats
of 68 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, +38 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. 12800No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jun 1, 1936H.R. 12624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 1, 1936H.R. 12624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 30, 1936H.R. 12624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 30, 1936H.R. 12624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 2, 1936S. 1424No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 2, 1936S. 1424No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

8 Congresses
67th · 192174th · 1935
Republican · Senate · SD67th–74th
Term datesexact
Members · South Dakota
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Peter Norbeck

Senator from South Dakota
SENATER1921–19378 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
45.5%with Democrats
of 968 votes · 54.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested45%of 968 · combined
Steepest move+38 pts1921→23, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019211935
1935–36 · 74th · Republican · of 68 votes41.2%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
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Latest 6 shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192174th · 1935
Republican67th–74th

Party switchers

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