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Clarence Norman Brunsdale

Senator from North Dakota
SENATEREPUBLICAN1959–1961ID B000982
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LegislationHEADLINE
28%with Dems
of 53 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
28%with Dems
of 53 · both combined

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 ↓1959
1959–6086th Congress
Sat as a Republican
28.3%with Democrats
of 53 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 3, 1960H.R. 12311No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 3, 1960H.R. 12311No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 2, 1960S.J.Res. 217No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 217), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jul 1, 1960H.R. 12740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 1, 1960H.R. 9883No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1960H.R. 11998No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1960S.Con.Res. 112No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 29, 1960H.R. 10495No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 28, 1960S. 3483No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 86th 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

1 Congresses
86th · 1959
Republican · Senate · ND86th–86th
Term datesexact
Members · North Dakota
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Clarence Norman Brunsdale

Senator from North Dakota
SENATER1959–19611 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
28.3%with Democrats
of 53 votes · 71.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested28%of 53 · combined

Career arc

10050019591959
1959–60 · 86th · Republican · of 53 votes28.3%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

86th · 195986th · 1959
Republican86th–86th

Party switchers

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