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Frederick Cleveland Smith

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1951ID S000536
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LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 507 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 507 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1947 → 1949
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 ↓19391945
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Republican
2.7%with Democrats
of 73 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, −15 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
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1950H.R. 9853No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9853), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 21, 1950H.R. 9526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 15, 1950H.R. 9646No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 73 contested votes scored in the 81st 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
76th · 193981st · 1949
Republican · House · OH76th–81st
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Frederick Cleveland Smith

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1939–19516 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
4.9%with Democrats
of 507 votes · 95.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested5%of 507 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1947→49, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391949
1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 73 votes2.7%

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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 · 73 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193981st · 1949
Republican76th–81st

Party switchers

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