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Clyde Harold Smith

Representative from Maine
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1937–1941ID S000523
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 172 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 172 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓1937
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.6%with Democrats
of 86 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +10 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
Mar 28, 1940H.R. 9007No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 28, 1940H.R. 9007No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 25, 1940H.Res. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 436), 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
Mar 25, 1940H.R. 8980No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 19, 1940H.R. 7831No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 19, 1940H.R. 7338No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 19, 1940H.R. 7338No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 19, 1940H.R. 7338No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 14, 1940H.R. 7079No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 86 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

2 Congresses
75th · 193776th · 1939
Republican · House · ME75th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Maine
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Clyde Harold Smith

Representative from Maine
HOUSER1937–19412 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
13.4%with Democrats
of 172 votes · 86.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 172 · combined
Steepest move+10 pts1937→39, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019371939
1939–40 · 76th · Republican · of 86 votes18.6%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 86 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193776th · 1939
Republican75th–76th

Party switchers

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