George Harrison Bender

Senator from Ohio

SENATEREPUBLICAN1939–1957ID B000356

LegislationHEADLINE

18%with Dems

of 685 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

18%with Dems

of 685 · both combined

Steepest move

+28 pts

1947 → 1951

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 ↓193919451951

1955–5684th Congress

Sat as a Republican

24%with Democrats

of 96 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1947 → 1951, +28 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

Jul 27, 1956H.R. 3210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 26, 1956S. 2663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 25, 1956S. 2663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2663), 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

Open roll call

Jul 25, 1956H.R. 12350No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 24, 1956noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 24, 1956H.Con.Res. 265No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 84th 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

8 Congresses

76th · 193984th · 1955

Republican · House · OH76th–83rd

Republican · Senate · OH84th–84th

Term datesexact

George Harrison Bender

Senator from Ohio

SENATER1939–19578 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

18.4%with Democrats

of 685 votes · 81.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested18%of 685 · combined

Steepest move+28 pts1947→51, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391955

1955–56 · 84th · Republican · of 96 votes24%

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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 · 96 contested votes scored in the 84th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193984th · 1955

Republican76th–83rd

Republican84th–84th

Party switchers

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