Furnifold McLendel Simmons

Senator from North Carolina

SENATEDEMOCRAT1887–1931ID S000415

LegislationHEADLINE

93%with Dems

of 2,488 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

93%with Dems

of 2,488 · both combined

Steepest move

+17 pts

1887 → 1901

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 ↓18871893189919051911191719231929

1929–3071st Congress

Sat as a Democrat

93.8%with Democrats

of 226 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1887 → 1901, +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

Feb 25, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1931S.J.Res. 49No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 21, 1931H.R. 16969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16969), 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

Open roll call

Feb 20, 1931H.R. 14246No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 19, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 14, 1931H.R. 14675No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 4, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 226 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

16 Congresses

50th · 188757th · 190171st · 1929

Democrat · House · NC50th–50th

Democrat · Senate · NC57th–71st

Term datesexact

Furnifold McLendel Simmons

Senator from North Carolina

SENATED1887–193116 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

93%with Democrats

of 2,488 votes · 7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested93%of 2,488 · combined

Steepest move+17 pts1887→01, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018871929

1929–30 · 71st · Democrat · of 226 votes93.8%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 226 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

50th · 188771st · 1929

Democrat50th–50th

Democrat57th–71st

Party switchers

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