Oscar Wilder Underwood

Senator from Alabama

SENATEDEMOCRAT1895–1927ID U000013

LegislationHEADLINE

88%with Dems

of 1,978 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

88%with Dems

of 1,978 · both combined

Steepest move

−25 pts

1923 → 1925

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 ↓189519011907191319191925

1925–2669th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

54.8%with Democrats

of 31 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1923 → 1925, −25 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, 1927noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1927S. 3027No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1927S. 3331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3331), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Feb 25, 1927S. 4106No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 23, 1927H.R. 16886No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1927H.R. 16886No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 16, 1927H.R. 2No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 15, 1927H.R. 2No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 12, 1927H.R. 2No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 31 contested votes scored in the 69th 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

16 Congresses

54th · 189564th · 191569th · 1925

Democrat · House · AL54th–63rd

Democrat · Senate · AL64th–69th

Term datesexact

Oscar Wilder Underwood

Senator from Alabama

SENATED1895–192716 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

87.7%with Democrats

of 1,978 votes · 12.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested88%of 1,978 · combined

Steepest move−25 pts1923→25, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018951925

1925–26 · 69th · Democrat · of 31 votes54.8%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 31 contested votes scored in the 69th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189569th · 1925

Democrat54th–63rd

Democrat64th–69th

Party switchers

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