John Joseph Smith

Representative from Connecticut

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1943ID S000572

LegislationHEADLINE

74%with Dems

of 405 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

74%with Dems

of 405 · both combined

Steepest move

−17 pts

1935 → 1937

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 ↓19351941

1941–4277th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

81.6%with Democrats

of 38 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, −17 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 17, 1941H.J.Res. 237No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 17, 1941H.J.Res. 237No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 10, 1941H.R. 5788No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5788), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Aug 13, 1941S. 1579No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 13, 1941H.R. 5300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 12, 1941H.J.Res. 222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 12, 1941H.J.Res. 222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 7, 1941S. 1580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 5, 1941S. 1579No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 38 contested votes scored in the 77th 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

4 Congresses

74th · 193577th · 1941

Democrat · House · CT74th–77th

Term datesexact

John Joseph Smith

Representative from Connecticut

HOUSED1935–19434 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

74.1%with Democrats

of 405 votes · 25.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested74%of 405 · combined

Steepest move−17 pts1935→37, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351941

1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 38 votes81.6%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 38 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193577th · 1941

Democrat74th–77th

Party switchers

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