Morris Sheppard

Senator from Texas

SENATEDEMOCRAT1901–1943ID S000337

LegislationHEADLINE

90%with Dems

of 3,416 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

90%with Dems

of 3,416 · both combined

Steepest move

+17 pts

1931 → 1933

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 ↓1901190719131919192519311937

1941–4277th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

90.9%with Democrats

of 22 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, +17 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

Apr 3, 1941H.R. 3735No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Apr 3, 1941H.R. 3735No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3735), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Apr 2, 1941H.R. 3735No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 31, 1941noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 31, 1941H.R. 4124No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 24, 1941H.R. 4050No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 8, 1941H.R. 1776No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 8, 1941H.R. 1776No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 22 contested votes scored in the 77th 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

21 Congresses

57th · 190163rd · 191377th · 1941

Democrat · House · TX57th–62nd

Democrat · Senate · TX63rd–77th

Term datesyears only to 1911 · exact from 1903

Morris Sheppard

Senator from Texas

SENATED1901–194321 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

90.3%with Democrats

of 3,416 votes · 9.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested90%of 3,416 · combined

Steepest move+17 pts1931→33, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019011941

1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 22 votes90.9%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 22 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

57th · 190177th · 1941

Democrat57th–62nd

Democrat63rd–77th

Party switchers

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