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Ellison DuRant Smith

Senator from South Carolina
SENATEDEMOCRAT1909–1945ID S000530
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 2,263 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 2,263 · both combined
Steepest move
−20 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓190919151921192719331939
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
48.6%with Democrats
of 72 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −20 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
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4879No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4879No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4879No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4879), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4879No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 12, 1944H.R. 4204No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 9, 1944S. 1764No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 29, 1944H.R. 2928No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 17, 1944H.R. 4204No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 15, 1944H.R. 3176No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 78th 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

18 Congresses
61st · 190978th · 1943
Democrat · Senate · SC61st–78th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
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Ellison DuRant Smith

Senator from South Carolina
SENATED1909–194518 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
85.6%with Democrats
of 2,263 votes · 14.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 2,263 · combined
Steepest move−20 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019091943
1943–44 · 78th · Democrat · of 72 votes48.6%

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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

61st · 190978th · 1943
Democrat61st–78th

Party switchers

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