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Oscar William Swift
Representative from New YorkHOUSEREPUBLICAN1915–1919ID S001118
LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 132 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 132 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 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 ↓1915
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Republican
26.1%with Democrats
of 69 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, +15 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 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1919S. 2812LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 27, 1919H.R. 13026LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 13, 1919H.R. 13708LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 69 contested votes scored in the 65th 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
2 Congresses64th · 191565th · 1917
Republican · House · NY64th–65th
Term datesexact