Fred Ernst Busbey

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1943–1955ID B001161

LegislationHEADLINE

8%with Dems

of 310 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

8%with Dems

of 310 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓19431949

1953–5483rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

16.4%with Democrats

of 61 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +11 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 19, 1954H.R. 10051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 4, 1954S. 16No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 16), 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

Open roll call

Jul 30, 1954H.R. 8384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 30, 1954H.Con.Res. 266No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 30, 1954H.R. 9666No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 30, 1954H.R. 7840No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 29, 1954H.R. 9756No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 28, 1954H.Res. 626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

4 Congresses

78th · 194383rd · 1953

Republican · House · IL78th–83rd

Term datesexact

Fred Ernst Busbey

Representative from Illinois

HOUSER1943–19554 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

7.7%with Democrats

of 310 votes · 92.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested8%of 310 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1951→53, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019431953

1953–54 · 83rd · Republican · of 61 votes16.4%

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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 · 61 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194383rd · 1953

Republican78th–83rd

Party switchers

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