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Boies Penrose

Senator from Pennsylvania
SENATEREPUBLICAN1897–1923ID P000217
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LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 1,171 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 1,171 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1905 → 1907
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 ↓18971903190919151921
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Republican
3.2%with Democrats
of 63 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1905 → 1907, +18 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
Nov 22, 1921S.Res. 172No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 18, 1921H.R. 7294No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Nov 7, 1921H.R. 8245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8245), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Nov 7, 1921H.R. 8245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Nov 7, 1921H.R. 8245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Nov 7, 1921H.R. 8245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 7, 1921H.R. 8245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Nov 7, 1921H.R. 8245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Nov 7, 1921H.R. 8245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

13 Congresses
55th · 189767th · 1921
Republican · Senate · PA55th–67th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Boies Penrose

Senator from Pennsylvania
SENATER1897–192313 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9.1%with Democrats
of 1,171 votes · 90.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested9%of 1,171 · combined
Steepest move+18 pts1905→07, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018971921
1921–22 · 67th · Republican · of 63 votes3.2%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189767th · 1921
Republican55th–67th

Party switchers

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