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Thomas Vernor Smith

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1941ID S000620
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 99 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 99 · 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 ↓1939
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.9%with Democrats
of 99 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
Dec 18, 1940H.R. 6324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 8, 1940noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 7, 1940H.R. 960No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 960), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Sep 14, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1940H.R. 10361No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 11, 1940S. 3550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 99 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

1 Congresses
76th · 1939
Democrat · House · IL76th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Thomas Vernor Smith

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1939–19411 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
89.9%with Democrats
of 99 votes · 10.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 99 · combined

Career arc

10050019391939
1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 99 votes89.9%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 99 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193976th · 1939
Democrat76th–76th

Party switchers

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