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Burton Erwin Sweet
Representative from IowaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1915–1923ID S001106
LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 506 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 506 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 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 ↓19151921
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Republican
17.4%with Democrats
of 167 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, +8 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, 1923S.J.Res. 168LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1923S. 4280LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1923S. 425LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 425), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1923H.J.Res. 455LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1923S.J.Res. 282LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1923S. 4160LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1923S. 2051LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1923S. 4280LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1923H.R. 14435LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 167 contested votes scored in the 67th 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
4 Congresses64th · 191567th · 1921
Republican · House · IA64th–67th
Term datesexact