Miles Poindexter

Senator from Washington

SENATEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1909–1923ID P000403

LegislationHEADLINE

28%with Dems

of 1,510 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

28%with Dems

of 1,510 · both combined

Steepest move

−36 pts

1917 → 1919

still a Republican

Changed parties

63rd

R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓190919151921R→O · 63rd

1921–2267th Congress

Sat as a Republican

4.2%with Democrats

of 334 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, −36 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, 1923H.R. 14222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1923noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1923H.R. 14222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14222), 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

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1923S.Res. 454No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1923H.R. 8086No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1923H.R. 12817No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1923noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1923S. 2792No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 334 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

7 Congresses

61st · 190962nd · 191163rd · 191364th · 191567th · 1921

Republican · House · WA61st–61st

Republican · Senate · WA62nd–62nd

Other party · Senate · WA63rd–63rd

Republican · Senate · WA64th–67th

Term datesexact

Miles Poindexter

Senator from Washington

SENATER→O→R1909–19237 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

28.1%with Democrats

of 1,510 votes · 71.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested28%of 1,510 · combined

Steepest move−36 pts1917→19, as a Republican

Changed parties63rdR→O

Career arc

100500R→O19091921

1921–22 · 67th · Republican · of 334 votes4.2%

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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 · 334 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

61st · 190967th · 1921

Republican61st–61st

Republican62nd–62nd

Other party63rd–63rd

Republican64th–67th

Other party switchers

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