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Thomas Sterling
Senator from South DakotaSENATEREPUBLICAN1913–1925ID S000872
LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 1,399 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 1,399 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓19131919
1923–2468th Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.5%with Democrats
of 84 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, +10 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, 1925H.R. 2688LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1925H.R. 12392LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1925noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 2, 1925noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1925H.R. 11472LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1925H.R. 11472LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1925H.R. 11472LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1925H.R. 12392LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1925H.R. 11444LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 84 contested votes scored in the 68th 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
6 Congresses63rd · 191368th · 1923
Republican · Senate · SD63rd–68th
Term datesexact