Howard Sutherland

Senator from West Virginia

SENATEREPUBLICAN1913–1923ID S001081

LegislationHEADLINE

11%with Dems

of 990 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

11%with Dems

of 990 · both combined

Steepest move

−17 pts

1917 → 1919

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

1921–2267th Congress

Sat as a Republican

8.5%with Democrats

of 447 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, −17 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, 1923H.R. 14222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1923noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1923H.R. 14222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14222), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1923S.Res. 454No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1923noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1923noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1923noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1923H.R. 8086No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1923H.R. 8086No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 447 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

5 Congresses

63rd · 191365th · 191767th · 1921

Republican · House · WV63rd–64th

Republican · Senate · WV65th–67th

Term datesexact

Howard Sutherland

Senator from West Virginia

SENATER1913–19235 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

11.3%with Democrats

of 990 votes · 88.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested11%of 990 · combined

Steepest move−17 pts1917→19, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019131921

1921–22 · 67th · Republican · of 447 votes8.5%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 447 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191367th · 1921

Republican63rd–64th

Republican65th–67th

Party switchers

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