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Francis Seiberling

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1929–1933ID S000229
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 119 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 119 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1929 → 1931
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 ↓1929
1931–3272nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
14.1%with Democrats
of 64 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, +7 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
Mar 1, 1933S. 5612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1933S. 5122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1933H.R. 397No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 397), 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
Feb 27, 1933S. 5469No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1933H.R. 14363No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1933H.R. 14395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1933H.R. 14395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1933H.R. 387No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1933H.R. 13520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 64 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

2 Congresses
71st · 192972nd · 1931
Republican · House · OH71st–72nd
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Francis Seiberling

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1929–19332 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
10.9%with Democrats
of 119 votes · 89.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 119 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1929→31, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019291931
1931–32 · 72nd · Republican · of 64 votes14.1%

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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 · 64 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

71st · 192972nd · 1931
Republican71st–72nd

Party switchers

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