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Henrik Shipstead

Senator from Minnesota
SENATEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1923–1947ID S000369
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LegislationHEADLINE
50%with Dems
of 1,201 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
50%with Dems
of 1,201 · both combined
Steepest move
+25 pts
1927 → 1929
under one label
Changed parties
77th
O → R · 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 ↓1923192919351941O→R · 77th
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Republican
26.7%with Democrats
of 90 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, +25 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 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
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1362), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jul 26, 1946H.R. 1362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1946H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1946H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 22, 1946H.J.Res. 225No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 22, 1946H.J.Res. 225No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 90 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

12 Congresses
68th · 192377th · 194179th · 1945
Other party · Senate · MN68th–76th
Republican · Senate · MN77th–79th
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
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Henrik Shipstead

Senator from Minnesota
SENATEO→R1923–194712 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
50.1%with Democrats
of 1,201 votes · 49.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested50%of 1,201 · combined
Steepest move+25 pts1927→29, under another label
Changed parties77thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R19231945
1945–46 · 79th · Republican · of 90 votes26.7%

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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 · 90 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192379th · 1945
Other party68th–76th
Republican77th–79th

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