HB
Harlan John Bushfield
Senator from South DakotaSENATEREPUBLICAN1943–1949ID B001168
LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 293 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 293 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1943 → 1945
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 ↓1943
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.1%with Democrats
of 99 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, −3 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 6, 1948H.R. 6959LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 2, 1948S.Con.Res. 60LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2318), 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
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 99 contested votes scored in the 80th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses78th · 194380th · 1947
Republican · Senate · SD78th–80th
Term datesexact