Ralph Owen Brewster

Senator from Maine

SENATEREPUBLICAN1935–1953ID B000816

LegislationHEADLINE

14%with Dems

of 1,043 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

14%with Dems

of 1,043 · both combined

Steepest move

+10 pts

1937 → 1939

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 ↓193519411947

1951–5282nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

13.5%with Democrats

of 156 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +10 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 2, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 1, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5767), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jun 27, 1952H.R. 7313No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 27, 1952H.R. 7313No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jun 27, 1952H.R. 5678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 25, 1952H.R. 7176No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 25, 1952H.R. 7176No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 24, 1952S. 35No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 156 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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

9 Congresses

74th · 193577th · 194182nd · 1951

Republican · House · ME74th–76th

Republican · Senate · ME77th–82nd

Term datesexact

Ralph Owen Brewster

Senator from Maine

SENATER1935–19539 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

14.1%with Democrats

of 1,043 votes · 85.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested14%of 1,043 · combined

Steepest move+10 pts1937→39, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019351951

1951–52 · 82nd · Republican · of 156 votes13.5%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 156 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193582nd · 1951

Republican74th–76th

Republican77th–82nd

Party switchers

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