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Daniel Baugh Brewster

Senator from Maryland
SENATEDEMOCRAT1959–1969ID B000813
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 820 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 820 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1961 → 1963
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 ↓19591965
1967–6890th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87%with Democrats
of 185 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1961 → 1963, +7 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
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 20300), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Oct 9, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 8, 1968H.R. 2767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 8, 1968H.R. 2767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 8, 1968noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1968noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 185 contested votes scored in the 90th 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

5 Congresses
86th · 195988th · 196390th · 1967
Democrat · House · MD86th–87th
Democrat · Senate · MD88th–90th
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
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Daniel Baugh Brewster

Senator from Maryland
SENATED1959–19695 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
84.6%with Democrats
of 820 votes · 15.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 820 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1961→63, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019591967
1967–68 · 90th · Democrat · of 185 votes87%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 185 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

86th · 195990th · 1967
Democrat86th–87th
Democrat88th–90th

Party switchers

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