John Walter Smith

Senator from Maryland

SENATEDEMOCRAT1899–1921ID S000577

LegislationHEADLINE

90%with Dems

of 894 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

90%with Dems

of 894 · both combined

Steepest move

−16 pts

1899 → 1907

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 ↓1899190519111917

1919–2066th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

87.4%with Democrats

of 190 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1899 → 1907, −16 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

Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15894No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15975No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15812), 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

Mar 1, 1921H.R. 15975No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1921H.R. 15975No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1921H.R. 15275No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1921H.R. 15422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 22, 1921H.R. 15836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 21, 1921H.R. 15836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 190 contested votes scored in the 66th 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

8 Congresses

56th · 189960th · 190766th · 1919

Democrat · House · MD56th–56th

Democrat · Senate · MD60th–66th

Term datesexact

John Walter Smith

Senator from Maryland

SENATED1899–19218 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

89.8%with Democrats

of 894 votes · 10.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested90%of 894 · combined

Steepest move−16 pts1899→07, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018991919

1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 190 votes87.4%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 190 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189966th · 1919

Democrat56th–56th

Democrat60th–66th

Party switchers

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