Roscoe Conkling Patterson

Senator from Missouri

SENATEREPUBLICAN1921–1935ID P000127

LegislationHEADLINE

8%with Dems

of 603 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

8%with Dems

of 603 · both combined

Steepest move

−9 pts

1931 → 1933

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

1933–3473rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

5.3%with Democrats

of 132 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, −9 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 18, 1934S. 3266No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 18, 1934H.R. 9830No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 18, 1934H.R. 9830No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9830), 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

Open roll call

Jun 16, 1934H.J.Res. 375No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 16, 1934S. 3794No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 16, 1934S. 3794No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jun 15, 1934H.R. 9830No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 15, 1934H.R. 9830No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 15, 1934H.R. 9830No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 132 contested votes scored in the 73rd 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

4 Congresses

67th · 192171st · 192973rd · 1933

Republican · House · MO67th–67th

Republican · Senate · MO71st–73rd

Term datesexact

Roscoe Conkling Patterson

Senator from Missouri

SENATER1921–19354 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

7.8%with Democrats

of 603 votes · 92.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested8%of 603 · combined

Steepest move−9 pts1931→33, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019211933

1933–34 · 73rd · Republican · of 132 votes5.3%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 132 contested votes scored in the 73rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192173rd · 1933

Republican67th–67th

Republican71st–73rd

Party switchers

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