George Armistead Smathers

Senator from Florida

SENATEDEMOCRAT1947–1969ID S000505

LegislationHEADLINE

69%with Dems

of 1,578 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

69%with Dems

of 1,578 · both combined

Steepest move

−17 pts

1957 → 1959

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 ↓1947195319591965

1967–6890th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

59.6%with Democrats

of 141 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1957 → 1959, −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

Oct 10, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 10, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 20300), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Oct 9, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 8, 1968H.R. 2767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 8, 1968noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1968noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 141 contested votes scored in the 90th 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

11 Congresses

80th · 194782nd · 195190th · 1967

Democrat · House · FL80th–81st

Democrat · Senate · FL82nd–90th

Term datesexact

George Armistead Smathers

Senator from Florida

SENATED1947–196911 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

69.3%with Democrats

of 1,578 votes · 30.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested69%of 1,578 · combined

Steepest move−17 pts1957→59, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019471967

1967–68 · 90th · Democrat · of 141 votes59.6%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 141 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194790th · 1967

Democrat80th–81st

Democrat82nd–90th

Party switchers

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