Martin Fernard Smith

Representative from Washington

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1943ID S000591

LegislationHEADLINE

82%with Dems

of 465 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

82%with Dems

of 465 · both combined

Steepest move

+19 pts

1933 → 1935

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 ↓19331939

1941–4277th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

87.5%with Democrats

of 56 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, +19 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

Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7416), 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

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Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 23, 1942H.Res. 528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 20, 1942H.R. 7378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 15, 1942H.R. 6709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 56 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

5 Congresses

73rd · 193377th · 1941

Democrat · House · WA73rd–77th

Term datesexact

Martin Fernard Smith

Representative from Washington

HOUSED1933–19435 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

82.4%with Democrats

of 465 votes · 17.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested82%of 465 · combined

Steepest move+19 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331941

1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 56 votes87.5%

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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 · 56 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193377th · 1941

Democrat73rd–77th

Party switchers

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