RS
Ralph Tyler Smith
Senator from IllinoisSENATEREPUBLICAN1969–1971ID S000602
LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 149 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 149 · both combined
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 ↓1969
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.8%with Democrats
of 149 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Nov 17, 1970S. 2193LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1970S. 2193LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1970H.R. 17604LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17604), 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
Oct 13, 1970H.J.Res. 264LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1970S.Res. 4778LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1970H.J.Res. 264LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 8, 1970H.R. 17825LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 8, 1970H.R. 17825LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 8, 1970H.R. 17825LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 149 contested votes scored in the 91st CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
1 Congresses91st · 1969
Republican · Senate · IL91st–91st
Term datesexact