Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler

Senator from Kentucky

SENATEDEMOCRAT1939–1947ID C000290

LegislationHEADLINE

74%with Dems

of 323 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

74%with Dems

of 323 · both combined

Steepest move

−21 pts

1943 → 1945

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 ↓19391945

1945–4679th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

55.2%with Democrats

of 29 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, −21 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, 1945S.Res. 179No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 28, 1945S. 380No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 380), 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

Sep 20, 1945S. 1274No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 20, 1945S. 1274No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 20, 1945S. 1274No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 20, 1945noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 20, 1945noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 29 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

76th · 193979th · 1945

Democrat · Senate · KY76th–79th

Term datesexact

Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler

Senator from Kentucky

SENATED1939–19474 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

74%with Democrats

of 323 votes · 26% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested74%of 323 · combined

Steepest move−21 pts1943→45, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391945

1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 29 votes55.2%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 29 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193979th · 1945

Democrat76th–79th

Party switchers

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