Samuel Morgan Shortridge

Senator from California

SENATEREPUBLICAN1921–1933ID S000380

LegislationHEADLINE

6%with Dems

of 1,008 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

6%with Dems

of 1,008 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 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 ↓19211927

1931–3272nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

15.6%with Democrats

of 64 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, +11 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 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 211), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

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Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 15, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 15, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 14, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 3, 1933noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 3, 1933H.R. 13520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · 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

6 Congresses

67th · 192172nd · 1931

Republican · Senate · CA67th–72nd

Term datesexact

Samuel Morgan Shortridge

Senator from California

SENATER1921–19336 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

6%with Democrats

of 1,008 votes · 94% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested6%of 1,008 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1929→31, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019211931

1931–32 · 72nd · Republican · of 64 votes15.6%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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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

67th · 192172nd · 1931

Republican67th–72nd

Party switchers

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