LS
Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach
Senator from WashingtonSENATEDEMOCRAT1935–1941ID S000160
LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 350 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 350 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1935 → 1937
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 ↓1935
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.5%with Democrats
of 152 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, +13 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
Nov 25, 1940H.R. 6324LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 8, 1940noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 2, 1940S. 162LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 162), 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
Sep 26, 1940H.R. 960LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1940H.R. 960LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 24, 1940H.R. 960LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1940H.R. 10361LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1940S. 3550LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 19, 1940H.R. 10413LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 152 contested votes scored in the 76th 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
3 Congresses74th · 193576th · 1939
Democrat · Senate · WA74th–76th
Term datesexact