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Joseph Allen Frear Jr.

Senator from Delaware
SENATEDEMOCRAT1949–1961ID F000356
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LegislationHEADLINE
57%with Dems
of 915 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
57%with Dems
of 915 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1949 → 1951
still a Democrat

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 ↓19491955
1959–6086th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
51.5%with Democrats
of 171 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, −16 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Sep 1, 1960H.R. 4384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 1, 1960H.R. 13062No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 1, 1960H.R. 4384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4384), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Sep 1, 1960H.R. 4384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 1, 1960H.R. 4384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 29, 1960S. 3713No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 29, 1960S.Res. 334No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 29, 1960S.Res. 334No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 29, 1960H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 171 contested votes scored in the 86th 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
81st · 194986th · 1959
Democrat · Senate · DE81st–86th
Term datesexact
Members · Delaware
JF

Joseph Allen Frear Jr.

Senator from Delaware
SENATED1949–19616 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
57%with Democrats
of 915 votes · 43% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested57%of 915 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1949→51, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491959
1959–60 · 86th · Democrat · of 171 votes51.5%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 171 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194986th · 1959
Democrat81st–86th

Party switchers

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