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Willis Smith
Senator from North CarolinaSENATEDEMOCRAT1949–1955ID S000639
LegislationHEADLINE
50%with Dems
of 197 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
50%with Dems
of 197 · both combined
Steepest move
−36 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓1949
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
45.8%with Democrats
of 24 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, −36 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
Jun 22, 1953S. 1081LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1953H.R. 5227LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 15, 1953H.R. 5227LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5227), 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
Jun 15, 1953H.R. 5227LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1953H.R. 5174LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 4, 1953H.R. 4974LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 3, 1953H.R. 4974LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 3, 1953H.R. 4974LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 3, 1953H.R. 4974LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 24 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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
3 Congresses81st · 194983rd · 1953
Democrat · Senate · NC81st–83rd
Term datesexact