Harry Flood Byrd

Senator from Virginia

SENATEDEMOCRAT1933–1967ID B001208

LegislationHEADLINE

35%with Dems

of 2,201 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

35%with Dems

of 2,201 · both combined

Steepest move

+25 pts

1937 → 1939

still a Democrat

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 ↓193319391945195119571963

1965–6689th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

19.5%with Democrats

of 87 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +25 pts — while still a Democrat.

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

Oct 22, 1965noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 20, 1965H.R. 11588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11588), 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

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Oct 20, 1965H.R. 11135No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 20, 1965H.R. 11135No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 20, 1965H.R. 11135No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 20, 1965H.R. 11135No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 11, 1965H.R. 77No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 8, 1965H.R. 77No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

17 Congresses

73rd · 193389th · 1965

Democrat · Senate · VA73rd–89th

Term datesexact

Harry Flood Byrd

Senator from Virginia

SENATED1933–196717 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

34.5%with Democrats

of 2,201 votes · 65.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested35%of 2,201 · combined

Steepest move+25 pts1937→39, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331965

1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 87 votes19.5%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193389th · 1965

Democrat73rd–89th

Party switchers

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