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Stephen Marvin Young

Senator from Ohio
SENATEDEMOCRAT1933–1971ID Y000053
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LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 1,611 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 1,611 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1941 → 1949
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 ↓1933193919451951195719631969
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.2%with Democrats
of 191 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1949, +16 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
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 13000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 19953No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 18515No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 18515), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 28, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 28, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 28, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 22, 1970H.R. 19911No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 191 contested votes scored in the 91st 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

10 Congresses
73rd · 193386th · 195991st · 1969
Democrat · House · OH73rd–81st
Democrat · Senate · OH86th–91st
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Stephen Marvin Young

Senator from Ohio
SENATED1933–197110 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
80.2%with Democrats
of 1,611 votes · 19.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested80%of 1,611 · combined
Steepest move+16 pts1941→49, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331969
1969–70 · 91st · Democrat · of 191 votes94.2%

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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 · 191 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193391st · 1969
Democrat73rd–81st
Democrat86th–91st

Party switchers

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