VC
Virgil Munday Chapman
Senator from KentuckySENATEDEMOCRAT1925–1953ID C000317
LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 1,078 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 1,078 · both combined
Steepest move
+23 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓19251931193719431949
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 9 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, +23 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
Mar 7, 1951S. 1LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 7, 1951S. 1LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 7, 1951S. 1LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 7, 1951S. 1LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 6, 1951S. 1LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 5, 1951S. 1LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 5, 1951S. 1LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1951H.R. 1724LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1951H.R. 1724LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 9 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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
13 Congresses69th · 192581st · 194982nd · 1951
Democrat · House · KY69th–80th
Democrat · Senate · KY81st–82nd
Term datesexact