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Lee Slater Overman
Senator from North CarolinaSENATEDEMOCRAT1903–1931ID O000140
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 2,350 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 2,350 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1927 → 1929
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 ↓19031909191519211927
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.5%with Democrats
of 186 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, +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
Dec 4, 1930H.R. 10288LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 2, 1930S.Res. 335LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 21, 1930noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Jul 21, 1930noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 21, 1930noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 21, 1930noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 21, 1930noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 21, 1930noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 21, 1930noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 186 contested votes scored in the 71st 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
14 Congresses58th · 190371st · 1929
Democrat · Senate · NC58th–71st
Term datesexact