Sen. Ellison Smith

Former Senator from South Carolina

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1939-1944	Senator	South Carolina
1927-1938	Senator	South Carolina
1915-1927	Senator	South Carolina
1909-1915	Senator	South Carolina

Voting Record

From Apr 1909 to Sep 1944, Smith missed 2,011 of 5,558 roll call votes, which is 36.2%. This is worse than the median of 16.3% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Sep 1944. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1909 Apr-Aug	116	56	48.3%	0^th
1910 Jan-Feb	7	1	14.3%	0^th
1910 Mar-May	36	12	33.3%	0^th
1910 Jun-Jun	29	10	34.5%	0^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	50	22	44.0%	0^th
1911 May-Aug	90	24	26.7%	0^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	34	6	17.6%	0^th
1912 Apr-Jul	93	45	48.4%	0^th
1912 Aug-Aug	51	16	31.4%	0^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	108	54	50.0%	0^th
1913 Apr-Jul	37	5	13.5%	0^th
1913 Aug-Nov	109	14	12.8%	0^th
1913 Dec-Dec	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	58	15	25.9%	0^th
1914 Mar-May	58	21	36.2%	0^th
1914 Jun-Aug	119	108	90.8%	0^th
1914 Sep-Oct	64	44	68.8%	0^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	112	63	56.3%	0^th
1913 Mar-Mar	5	1	20.0%	0^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	39	10	25.6%	0^th
1916 Mar-May	105	52	49.5%	50^th
1916 Jun-Aug	87	30	34.5%	0^th
1916 Sep-Sep	13	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	154	69	44.8%	50^th
1917 Apr-Jun	58	16	27.6%	83^rd
1917 Jul-Sep	101	21	20.8%	67^th
1917 Oct-Oct	10	9	90.0%	67^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	11	32.4%	67^th
1918 Mar-May	54	26	48.1%	83^rd
1918 Jun-Aug	40	16	40.0%	67^th
1918 Sep-Nov	19	4	21.1%	33^rd
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	53	21	39.6%	67^th
1917 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 May-Jul	29	7	24.1%	63^rd
1919 Aug-Oct	23	10	43.5%	75^th
1919 Nov-Nov	77	1	1.3%	50^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	50	23	46.0%	78^th
1920 Mar-May	95	24	25.3%	67^th
1920 Jun-Jun	18	8	44.4%	67^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	84	17	20.2%	44^th
1921 Apr-Jun	59	8	13.6%	33^rd
1921 Jul-Sep	37	26	70.3%	89^th
1921 Oct-Nov	76	60	78.9%	89^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	39	16	41.0%	60^th
1922 Mar-May	192	118	61.5%	89^th
1922 Jun-Aug	204	59	28.9%	44^th
1922 Sep-Sep	15	10	66.7%	78^th
1922 Nov-Nov	13	7	53.8%	70^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	69	22	31.9%	60^th
1921 Mar-Mar	1	1	100.0%	67^th
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	49	35	71.4%	92^nd
1924 Mar-May	84	10	11.9%	58^th
1924 Jun-Jun	18	1	5.6%	50^th
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	73	6	8.2%	25^th
1926 Jan-Feb	59	1	1.7%	7^th
1926 Mar-May	48	23	47.9%	85^th
1926 Jun-Jul	37	28	75.7%	85^th
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	75	17	22.7%	57^th
1925 Mar-Mar	11	5	45.5%	91^st
Dec 1927-May 1928	117	44	37.6%	95^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	63	3	4.8%	10^th
1929 May-Jun	36	8	22.2%	80^th
1929 Sep-Sep	7	6	85.7%	90^th
1929 Oct-Nov	55	19	34.5%	85^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	97	12	12.4%	41^st
1930 Mar-May	136	117	86.0%	95^th
1930 Jun-Jul	18	18	100.0%	95^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	62	6	9.7%	32^nd
1930 Jul-Jul	2	2	100.0%	67^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	62	2	3.2%	18^th
1932 Mar-May	90	22	24.4%	71^st
1932 Jun-Jul	61	40	65.6%	93^rd
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	63	14	22.2%	73^rd
1933 Mar-Jun	96	17	17.7%	81^st
1934 Jan-Jun	123	30	24.4%	84^th
1933 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Jan-Mar	37	4	10.8%	59^th
1935 Apr-Jun	49	9	18.4%	76^th
1935 Jul-Aug	46	7	15.2%	78^th
1936 Jan-Jun	56	16	28.6%	89^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	15	78.9%	98^th
1937 Apr-Jun	18	5	27.8%	77^th
1937 Jul-Aug	29	4	13.8%	75^th
1937 Nov-Dec	22	4	18.2%	63^rd
1938 Jan-Jun	80	31	38.8%	89^th
1939 Jan-Mar	17	4	23.5%	89^th
1939 Apr-Jun	34	23	67.6%	98^th
1939 Jul-Aug	40	8	20.0%	73^rd
1939 Oct-Nov	20	2	10.0%	76^th
1940 Jan-Mar	42	6	14.3%	54^th
1940 Apr-Jun	63	9	14.3%	56^th
1940 Jul-Sep	30	18	60.0%	99^th
1940 Oct-Nov	5	5	100.0%	97^th
1941 Jan-Jan	1	1	100.0%	66^th
1941 Jan-Mar	21	9	42.9%	95^th
1941 Apr-Jun	30	4	13.3%	39^th
1941 Jul-Sep	23	1	4.3%	14^th
1941 Oct-Dec	21	8	38.1%	93^rd
1942 Jan-Mar	22	11	50.0%	94^th
1942 Apr-Jun	28	7	25.0%	56^th
1942 Jul-Sep	17	9	52.9%	94^th
1942 Oct-Dec	24	4	16.7%	44^th
1943 Jan-Mar	20	8	40.0%	84^th
1943 Apr-Jun	51	23	45.1%	92^nd
1943 Jul-Sep	20	6	30.0%	63^rd
1943 Oct-Dec	30	6	20.0%	69^th
1944 Jan-Mar	49	19	38.8%	87^th
1944 Apr-Jun	18	13	72.2%	92^nd
1944 Aug-Sep	7	7	100.0%	91^st

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Sen. Ellison Smith [D-SC, 1939-1944] leaves office as Senator from South Carolina

Dec 19, 1944

Elections and Offices

Sen. Ellison Smith [D-SC, 1939-1944] takes office as Senator from South Carolina

Jan 03, 1939

Elections and Offices

Sen. Ellison Smith [D-SC, 1939-1944] leaves office as Senator from South Carolina

Jun 16, 1938

Elections and Offices

Sen. Ellison Smith [D-SC, 1939-1944] takes office as Senator from South Carolina

Dec 05, 1927

Elections and Offices

Sen. Ellison Smith [D-SC, 1939-1944] leaves office as Senator from South Carolina

Mar 04, 1927