Dennis Chavez

Senator from New Mexico

SENATEDEMOCRAT1931–1963ID C000338

LegislationHEADLINE

84%with Dems

of 1,885 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

84%with Dems

of 1,885 · both combined

Steepest move

−18 pts

1935 → 1937

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 ↓193119371943194919551961

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

90.9%with Democrats

of 209 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, −18 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 5, 1962H.R. 10117No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 3, 1962H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 2, 1962H.R. 10650No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10650), 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

Oct 2, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 209 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

16 Congresses

72nd · 193174th · 193587th · 1961

Democrat · House · NM72nd–73rd

Democrat · Senate · NM74th–87th

Term datesexact

Dennis Chavez

Senator from New Mexico

SENATED1931–196316 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

83.5%with Democrats

of 1,885 votes · 16.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested84%of 1,885 · combined

Steepest move−18 pts1935→37, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311961

1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 209 votes90.9%

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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 · 209 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193187th · 1961

Democrat72nd–73rd

Democrat74th–87th

Party switchers

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