Charles Wayland Brooks

Senator from Illinois

SENATEREPUBLICAN1939–1949ID B000874

LegislationHEADLINE

7%with Dems

of 434 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

7%with Dems

of 434 · both combined

Steepest move

+12 pts

1939 → 1941

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 ↓19391945

1947–4880th Congress

Sat as a Republican

8.1%with Democrats

of 148 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, +12 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

Aug 7, 1948H.Con.Res. 222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 7, 1948S.Con.Res. 63No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 7, 1948H.J.Res. 445No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 445), 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

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Aug 7, 1948H.J.Res. 445No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 7, 1948S.J.Res. 157No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 6, 1948H.R. 6959No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 4, 1948H.R. 29No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 2, 1948S.Con.Res. 60No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 19, 1948S. 2758No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 148 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

76th · 193980th · 1947

Republican · Senate · IL76th–80th

Term datesexact

Charles Wayland Brooks

Senator from Illinois

SENATER1939–19495 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

7.1%with Democrats

of 434 votes · 92.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested7%of 434 · combined

Steepest move+12 pts1939→41, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391947

1947–48 · 80th · Republican · of 148 votes8.1%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 148 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193980th · 1947

Republican76th–80th

Party switchers

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