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Charles Bennett Smith
Representative from New YorkHOUSEDEMOCRAT1911–1919ID S000520
LegislationHEADLINE
73%with Dems
of 293 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
73%with Dems
of 293 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓19111917
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
74.3%with Democrats
of 70 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, +10 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
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1919S. 1419LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1919H.R. 16187LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1919H.R. 16020LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1919H.Res. 593LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 65th 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 Congresses62nd · 191165th · 1917
Democrat · House · NY62nd–65th
Term datesexact