Howard Worth Smith

Representative from Virginia

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1931–1967ID S000554

LegislationHEADLINE

55%with Dems

of 1,720 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

55%with Dems

of 1,720 · both combined

Steepest move

−35 pts

1947 → 1949

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 ↓193119371943194919551961

1965–6689th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

24.7%with Democrats

of 178 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, −35 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 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13161), 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

Open roll call

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 15111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 20, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 19, 1966H.R. 1013No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 19, 1966S.J.Res. 167No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 19, 1966H.R. 18233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 19, 1966H.R. 5688No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 178 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

72nd · 193189th · 1965

Democrat · House · VA72nd–89th

Term datesexact

Howard Worth Smith

Representative from Virginia

HOUSED1931–196718 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

55.2%with Democrats

of 1,720 votes · 44.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested55%of 1,720 · combined

Steepest move−35 pts1947→49, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311965

1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 178 votes24.7%

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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 · 178 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193189th · 1965

Democrat72nd–89th

Party switchers

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