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James Glenn Beall

Senator from Maryland
SENATEREPUBLICAN1943–1965ID B000271
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LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 1,392 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 1,392 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1955 → 1957
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 ↓1943194919551961
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Republican
33.3%with Democrats
of 216 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, +17 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
Sep 30, 1964H.R. 12253No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1964H.R. 12253No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 29, 1964S.J.Res. 139No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 139), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Sep 28, 1964H.R. 9124No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 25, 1964S. 2782No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 24, 1964H.R. 11380No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 24, 1964H.R. 11380No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 24, 1964S. 2687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 24, 1964S. 2687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 216 contested votes scored in the 88th 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
78th · 194383rd · 195388th · 1963
Republican · House · MD78th–82nd
Republican · Senate · MD83rd–88th
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
JB

James Glenn Beall

Senator from Maryland
SENATER1943–196511 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
20.8%with Democrats
of 1,392 votes · 79.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested21%of 1,392 · combined
Steepest move+17 pts1955→57, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019431963
1963–64 · 88th · Republican · of 216 votes33.3%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 216 contested votes scored in the 88th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194388th · 1963
Republican78th–82nd
Republican83rd–88th

Party switchers

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