William Edgar Borah

Senator from Idaho

SENATEREPUBLICAN1907–1941ID B000634

LegislationHEADLINE

43%with Dems

of 2,458 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

43%with Dems

of 2,458 · both combined

Steepest move

+46 pts

1919 → 1921

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 ↓190719131919192519311937

1939–4076th Congress

Sat as a Republican

35.8%with Democrats

of 53 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1919 → 1921, +46 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

Nov 3, 1939S.Con.Res. 31No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Nov 3, 1939H.J.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 27, 1939H.J.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 306), 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

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Oct 27, 1939H.J.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 27, 1939H.J.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 27, 1939H.J.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 26, 1939H.J.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 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

17 Congresses

60th · 190776th · 1939

Republican · Senate · ID60th–76th

Term datesexact

William Edgar Borah

Senator from Idaho

SENATER1907–194117 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

42.8%with Democrats

of 2,458 votes · 57.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested43%of 2,458 · combined

Steepest move+46 pts1919→21, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019071939

1939–40 · 76th · Republican · of 53 votes35.8%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

60th · 190776th · 1939

Republican60th–76th

Party switchers

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