Ernest Willard Gibson

Senator from Vermont

SENATEREPUBLICAN1923–1941ID G000158

LegislationHEADLINE

15%with Dems

of 701 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

15%with Dems

of 701 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 pts

1931 → 1933

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 ↓192319291935

1939–4076th Congress

Sat as a Republican

19.8%with Democrats

of 121 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, +11 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

Jun 19, 1940H.R. 10039No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10039), 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

Open roll call

Jun 18, 1940H.R. 10039No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jun 18, 1940H.R. 10039No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 18, 1940H.R. 10039No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jun 17, 1940S.J.Res. 271No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 17, 1940H.R. 10039No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 15, 1940H.J.Res. 544No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 121 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

9 Congresses

68th · 192374th · 193576th · 1939

Republican · House · VT68th–73rd

Republican · Senate · VT74th–76th

Term datesexact

Ernest Willard Gibson

Senator from Vermont

SENATER1923–19419 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

14.6%with Democrats

of 701 votes · 85.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested15%of 701 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1931→33, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019231939

1939–40 · 76th · Republican · of 121 votes19.8%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 121 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192376th · 1939

Republican68th–73rd

Republican74th–76th

Party switchers

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