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Frank Ellis Smith

Representative from Mississippi
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1951–1963ID S000533
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LegislationHEADLINE
76%with Dems
of 524 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
76%with Dems
of 524 · both combined
Steepest move
+21 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓19511957
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92%with Democrats
of 100 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +21 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 13, 1962H.R. 12900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1962H.R. 12900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 11, 1962S. 3451No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3451), 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
Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 5, 1962H.R. 7972No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1962S. 1552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1962H.R. 11970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 3, 1962H.R. 13273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 3, 1962H.Res. 823No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

6 Congresses
82nd · 195187th · 1961
Democrat · House · MS82nd–87th
Term datesexact
Members · Mississippi
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Frank Ellis Smith

Representative from Mississippi
HOUSED1951–19636 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
76.3%with Democrats
of 524 votes · 23.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested76%of 524 · combined
Steepest move+21 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019511961
1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 100 votes92%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

82nd · 195187th · 1961
Democrat82nd–87th

Party switchers

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