Ralph Edward Flanders

Senator from Vermont

SENATEREPUBLICAN1947–1959ID F000190

LegislationHEADLINE

23%with Dems

of 824 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

23%with Dems

of 824 · both combined

Steepest move

+14 pts

1947 → 1949

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 ↓19471953

1957–5885th Congress

Sat as a Republican

10.6%with Democrats

of 94 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, +14 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

Aug 14, 1958S. 2883No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 13, 1958noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 12, 1958H.R. 8381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8381), 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

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Aug 12, 1958S. 2266No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 12, 1958H.R. 7125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 11, 1958H.R. 7125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 11, 1958H.R. 7125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 11, 1958H.R. 7125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 11, 1958H.R. 12591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 94 contested votes scored in the 85th 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

6 Congresses

80th · 194785th · 1957

Republican · Senate · VT80th–85th

Term datesexact

Ralph Edward Flanders

Senator from Vermont

SENATER1947–19596 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

23.3%with Democrats

of 824 votes · 76.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested23%of 824 · combined

Steepest move+14 pts1947→49, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019471957

1957–58 · 85th · Republican · of 94 votes10.6%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 94 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194785th · 1957

Republican80th–85th

Party switchers

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