William Alden Smith

Senator from Michigan

SENATEREPUBLICAN1895–1919ID S000629

LegislationHEADLINE

16%with Dems

of 987 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

16%with Dems

of 987 · both combined

Steepest move

+15 pts

1913 → 1915

still a Republican

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 ↓1895190119071913

1917–1865th Congress

Sat as a Republican

22%with Democrats

of 91 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, +15 pts — within one party label.

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, 1919H.J.Res. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1919H.J.Res. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1919H.R. 15796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15796), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Feb 27, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 18, 1919H.R. 13462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 15, 1919H.R. 13462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 10, 1919H.J.Res. 200No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 24, 1919H.R. 13708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 18, 1919H.R. 12001No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 91 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

12 Congresses

54th · 189560th · 190765th · 1917

Republican · House · MI54th–59th

Republican · Senate · MI60th–65th

Term datesyears only to 1905 · exact from 1895

William Alden Smith

Senator from Michigan

SENATER1895–191912 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

15.5%with Democrats

of 987 votes · 84.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested16%of 987 · combined

Steepest move+15 pts1913→15, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018951917

1917–18 · 65th · Republican · of 91 votes22%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 91 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189565th · 1917

Republican54th–59th

Republican60th–65th

Party switchers

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