HS
Hugh Ike Shott
Senator from West VirginiaSENATEREPUBLICAN1929–1943ID S000381
LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 135 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 135 · both combined
Steepest move
+28 pts
1931 → 1941
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 ↓192919351941
1941–4277th Congress
Sat as a Republican
40%with Democrats
of 5 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1941, +28 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
Dec 4, 1942S. 2528LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1942S.J.Res. 192LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 4, 1942S.J.Res. 192LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 192), 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
Nov 23, 1942H.R. 1024LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Nov 20, 1942H.R. 1024LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Nov 20, 1942H.R. 1024LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
6 most recent roll calls shown · 5 contested votes scored in the 77th 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
3 Congresses71st · 192977th · 1941
Republican · House · WV71st–72nd
Republican · Senate · WV77th–77th
Term datesexact