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Daniel Frederic Steck

Senator from Iowa
SENATEDEMOCRAT1925–1931ID S000826
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LegislationHEADLINE
72%with Dems
of 323 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
72%with Dems
of 323 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1925 → 1927
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 ↓1925
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
74.9%with Democrats
of 203 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +6 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
Mar 3, 1931S.J.Res. 49No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17163No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17163), 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
Feb 25, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1931S.J.Res. 49No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1931H.R. 14246No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 11, 1931H.R. 6603No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 16, 1931S. 4750No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 203 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

3 Congresses
69th · 192571st · 1929
Democrat · Senate · IA69th–71st
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
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Daniel Frederic Steck

Senator from Iowa
SENATED1925–19313 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
71.8%with Democrats
of 323 votes · 28.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested72%of 323 · combined
Steepest move+6 pts1925→27, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019251929
1929–30 · 71st · Democrat · of 203 votes74.9%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 203 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

69th · 192571st · 1929
Democrat69th–71st

Party switchers

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