WB
William Benton
Senator from ConnecticutSENATEDEMOCRAT1949–1953ID B000399
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 281 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 281 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1949 → 1951
still a Democrat
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 ↓1949
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.6%with Democrats
of 164 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, +5 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 5, 1952H.R. 7391LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 5, 1952S. 1084LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 4, 1952S. 827LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 827), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 1, 1952H.R. 5767LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 164 contested votes scored in the 82nd CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses81st · 194982nd · 1951
Democrat · Senate · CT81st–82nd
Term datesexact