DS
David Highbaugh Smith
Representative from KentuckyHOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1907ID S000525
LegislationHEADLINE
97%with Dems
of 392 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
97%with Dems
of 392 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1899 → 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 ↓18971903
1905–0659th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.9%with Democrats
of 64 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1899 → 1901, +4 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 2, 1907S. 5133LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1907H.R. 24640LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1907noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1907H.R. 13566LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1907H.R. 13566LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1907H.R. 13566LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1907S. 6147LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1907H.R. 24815LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1907H.R. 25745LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 64 contested votes scored in the 59th 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
5 Congresses55th · 189759th · 1905
Democrat · House · KY55th–59th
Term datesexact