Ernest Henry Gruening

Senator from Alaska

SENATEDEMOCRAT1959–1969ID G000508

LegislationHEADLINE

83%with Dems

of 992 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

83%with Dems

of 992 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 pts

1961 → 1963

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 ↓19591965

1967–6890th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

80.2%with Democrats

of 172 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1961 → 1963, −10 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

Oct 10, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 10, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 20300), 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

Open roll call

Oct 8, 1968H.R. 2767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1968H.R. 19908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1968noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 172 contested votes scored in the 90th 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

5 Congresses

86th · 195990th · 1967

Democrat · Senate · AK86th–90th

Term datesexact

Ernest Henry Gruening

Senator from Alaska

SENATED1959–19695 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

83.5%with Democrats

of 992 votes · 16.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested83%of 992 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1961→63, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019591967

1967–68 · 90th · Democrat · of 172 votes80.2%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 172 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

86th · 195990th · 1967

Democrat86th–90th

Party switchers

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