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Lawrence Yates Sherman
Senator from IllinoisSENATEREPUBLICAN1913–1921ID S000348
LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 728 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 728 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1913 → 1915
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 ↓19131919
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.2%with Democrats
of 158 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, +5 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
Feb 26, 1921H.R. 15422LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1921S. 3944LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1921S. 3944LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3944), 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
Jan 24, 1921S. 3944LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1921S. 3944LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1921S. 3944LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 24, 1921S. 3944LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 19, 1921H.R. 15130LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 18, 1921noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 158 contested votes scored in the 66th 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
4 Congresses63rd · 191366th · 1919
Republican · Senate · IL63rd–66th
Term datesexact