HB
Hugh Alfred Butler
Senator from NebraskaSENATEREPUBLICAN1941–1955ID B001177
LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 892 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 892 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 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 ↓194119471953
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
3.2%with Democrats
of 63 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −6 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
Jun 30, 1954H.R. 8300LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1954H.R. 8300LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 29, 1954H.R. 303LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 303), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Jun 29, 1954noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 25, 1954S.Con.Res. 91LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 24, 1954H.R. 9474LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 24, 1954H.R. 9474LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 24, 1954H.R. 9474LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1954H.R. 8873LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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
7 Congresses77th · 194183rd · 1953
Republican · Senate · NE77th–83rd
Term datesexact