Claude Augustus Swanson

Senator from Virginia

SENATEDEMOCRAT1893–1933ID S001094

LegislationHEADLINE

93%with Dems

of 2,470 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

93%with Dems

of 2,470 · both combined

Steepest move

−18 pts

1929 → 1931

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 ↓1893189919051911191719231929

1931–3272nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

76%with Democrats

of 25 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, −18 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 1, 1933S.Res. 375No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 20, 1933S. 5125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 20, 1933S. 5125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 5125), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 15, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 15, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 14, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 7, 1933H.R. 13520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

19 Congresses

53rd · 189361st · 190972nd · 1931

Democrat · House · VA53rd–59th

Democrat · Senate · VA61st–72nd

Term datesexact

Claude Augustus Swanson

Senator from Virginia

SENATED1893–193319 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

92.6%with Democrats

of 2,470 votes · 7.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested93%of 2,470 · combined

Steepest move−18 pts1929→31, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018931931

1931–32 · 72nd · Democrat · of 25 votes76%

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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 · 25 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189372nd · 1931

Democrat53rd–59th

Democrat61st–72nd

Party switchers

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