SR
Samuel Moffett Ralston
Senator from IndianaSENATEDEMOCRAT1923–1927ID R000020
LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 89 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 89 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1923 → 1925
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 ↓1923
1925–2669th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 7 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1923 → 1925, +16 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
Mar 16, 1925noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 13, 1925noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 13, 1925noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · 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
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 13, 1925noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 13, 1925S.Res. 5LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 10, 1925noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 10, 1925noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 9, 1925noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 7, 1925noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 7 contested votes scored in the 69th 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
2 Congresses68th · 192369th · 1925
Democrat · Senate · IN68th–69th
Term datesexact