JS
James Graves Scrugham
Senator from NevadaSENATEDEMOCRAT1933–1947ID S000196
LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 493 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 493 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1943 → 1945
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 ↓193319391945
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
66.7%with Democrats
of 3 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, −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
May 7, 1945noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 7, 1945noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 18, 1945noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · 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
Feb 1, 1945S. 375LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 1, 1945S. 375LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 1, 1945noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 6, 1945S.Res. 4LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
7 most recent roll calls shown · 3 contested votes scored in the 79th 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
7 Congresses73rd · 193378th · 194379th · 1945
Democrat · House · NV73rd–77th
Democrat · Senate · NV78th–79th
Term datesexact