Wallace Foster Bennett

Senator from Utah

SENATEREPUBLICAN1951–1975ID B000384

LegislationHEADLINE

8%with Dems

of 2,481 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

8%with Dems

of 2,481 · both combined

Steepest move

−6 pts

1969 → 1971

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 ↓1951195719631969

1973–7493rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

5.7%with Democrats

of 371 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, −6 pts — within one party label.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974S. 3934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974S. 3839No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3839), 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

Dec 18, 1974S. 3839No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 17, 1974S. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Dec 17, 1974S. 3394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Dec 17, 1974S. 1283No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 17, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 17, 1974H.R. 17045No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 371 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance7.2% · 69 votes

Government Operations and Politics12% · 50 votes

Armed Forces and National Security6.3% · 32 votes

Energy8.7% · 23 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources0% · 21 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance0% · 16 votes

International Affairs0% · 16 votes

Law7.7% · 13 votes

Commerce0% · 10 votes

Health0% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Transportation and Public Works— · 8 votes

Economic stabilization— · 7 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes

Labor and Employment— · 6 votes

Congress— · 5 votes

Finance and Financial Sector— · 5 votes

Petroleum industry— · 5 votes

Public works— · 5 votes

Credit— · 4 votes

Education— · 4 votes

Environmental Protection— · 4 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3 votes

Science, Technology, Communications— · 3 votes

Social Welfare— · 3 votes

Territories (U.S.)— · 3 votes

Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes

Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes

Automobile insurance— · 1 vote

Commemorations— · 1 vote

Conservation of natural resources— · 1 vote

Disaster relief— · 1 vote

District of Columbia— · 1 vote

Government publications— · 1 vote

Motor vehicles— · 1 vote

Private Legislation— · 1 vote

Ships and shipping— · 1 vote

They also voted in 15 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Animals, Arts, Culture, Religion, Child welfare, Congressional-executive relations, Emergency Management, Explosives, Gold, Livestock, Mines and mineral resources, Monuments and memorials, Reclamation of land, Right of privacy, Rivers, Taxation, Vietnamese Conflict.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

12 Congresses

82nd · 195193rd · 1973

Republican · Senate · UT82nd–93rd

Term datesexact

Wallace Foster Bennett

Senator from Utah

SENATER1951–197512 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

7.5%with Democrats

of 2,481 votes · 92.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested8%of 2,481 · combined

Steepest move−6 pts1969→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019511973

1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 371 votes5.7%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 371 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance7.2% · 69

Government Operations and Politics12% · 50

Armed Forces and National Security6.3% · 32

Energy8.7% · 23

Public Lands and Natural Resources0% · 21

Foreign Trade and International Finance0% · 16

International Affairs0% · 16

Law7.7% · 13

Commerce0% · 10

Health0% · 10

Transportation and Public Works— · 8

Economic stabilization— · 7

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6

Labor and Employment— · 6

Congress— · 5

Finance and Financial Sector— · 5

Petroleum industry— · 5

Public works— · 5

Credit— · 4

Education— · 4

Environmental Protection— · 4

Housing and Community Development— · 4

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3

Science, Technology, Communications— · 3

Social Welfare— · 3

Territories (U.S.)— · 3

Agriculture and Food— · 2

Sports and Recreation— · 2

Automobile insurance— · 1

Commemorations— · 1

Conservation of natural resources— · 1

Disaster relief— · 1

District of Columbia— · 1

Government publications— · 1

Motor vehicles— · 1

Private Legislation— · 1

Ships and shipping— · 1

Also voted in 15 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Animals, Arts, Culture, Religion, Child welfare, Congressional-executive relations, Emergency Management, Explosives, Gold, Livestock, Mines and mineral resources, Monuments and memorials, Reclamation of land, Right of privacy, Rivers, Taxation, Vietnamese Conflict.

Service record

82nd · 195193rd · 1973

Republican82nd–93rd

Party switchers

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