Francis Higbee Case

Senator from South Dakota

SENATEREPUBLICAN1937–1963ID C000221

LegislationHEADLINE

22%with Dems

of 1,461 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

22%with Dems

of 1,461 · both combined

Steepest move

−17 pts

1959 → 1961

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 ↓19371943194919551961

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Republican

10.2%with Democrats

of 167 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −17 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 13, 1962H.R. 11289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 13, 1962H.R. 11289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11289), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jun 12, 1962H.R. 10802No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jun 12, 1962H.R. 10802No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jun 12, 1962H.R. 10802No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jun 7, 1962S. 2996No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 7, 1962S. 2996No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 167 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

13 Congresses

75th · 193782nd · 195187th · 1961

Republican · House · SD75th–81st

Republican · Senate · SD82nd–87th

Term datesexact

Francis Higbee Case

Senator from South Dakota

SENATER1937–196313 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

22.1%with Democrats

of 1,461 votes · 77.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested22%of 1,461 · combined

Steepest move−17 pts1959→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019371961

1961–62 · 87th · Republican · of 167 votes10.2%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 167 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193787th · 1961

Republican75th–81st

Republican82nd–87th

Party switchers

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