Robert Marion La Follette Jr.

Senator from Wisconsin

SENATEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY1925–1947ID L000005

LegislationHEADLINE

66%with Dems

of 1,335 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

66%with Dems

of 1,335 · both combined

Steepest move

+34 pts

1941 → 1943

under one label

Changed parties

74th

R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓1925193119371943R→O · 74th

1945–4679th Congress

Sat under another party label

72.2%with Democrats

of 126 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, +34 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 1, 1946H.J.Res. 390No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 1, 1946H.J.Res. 390No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 390), 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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Jul 31, 1946H.R. 7No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 27, 1946H.R. 1362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 27, 1946H.R. 1362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 26, 1946H.R. 1362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 24, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 23, 1946H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 126 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

11 Congresses

69th · 192574th · 193579th · 1945

Republican · Senate · WI69th–73rd

Other party · Senate · WI74th–79th

Term datesexact

Robert Marion La Follette Jr.

Senator from Wisconsin

SENATER→O1925–194711 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

65.7%with Democrats

of 1,335 votes · 34.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested66%of 1,335 · combined

Steepest move+34 pts1941→43, under another label

Changed parties74thR→O

Career arc

100500R→O19251945

1945–46 · 79th · Other party · of 126 votes72.2%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 126 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

69th · 192579th · 1945

Republican69th–73rd

Other party74th–79th

Other party switchers

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