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Frank Plowman Woods

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1909–1919ID W000721
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LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 532 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 532 · both combined
Steepest move
−20 pts
1909 → 1911
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 ↓19091915
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.8%with Democrats
of 93 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1909 → 1911, −20 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, 1919H.R. 606No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1919H.R. 16187No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1919H.Res. 541No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 93 contested votes scored in the 65th 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
61st · 190965th · 1917
Republican · House · IA61st–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
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Frank Plowman Woods

Representative from Iowa
HOUSER1909–19195 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
23.1%with Democrats
of 532 votes · 76.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested23%of 532 · combined
Steepest move−20 pts1909→11, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019091917
1917–18 · 65th · Republican · of 93 votes11.8%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 93 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

61st · 190965th · 1917
Republican61st–65th

Party switchers

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