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Marlow Webster Cook

Senator from Kentucky
SENATEREPUBLICAN1969–1975ID C000721
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LegislationHEADLINE
34%with Dems
of 945 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
34%with Dems
of 945 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1971 → 1973
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 ↓1969
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
36.8%with Democrats
of 386 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, +5 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 19, 1974S. 1728No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.R. 5977No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.J.Res. 117No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 117), 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
Dec 19, 1974H.J.Res. 117No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 356No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3839No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1974S. 3839No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1974S. 3418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 386 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance35.1% · 57 votes
Government Operations and Politics61.1% · 54 votes
Armed Forces and National Security29% · 31 votes
Energy32.1% · 28 votes
International Affairs20% · 25 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources38.9% · 18 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance18.8% · 16 votes
Health18.2% · 11 votes
Commerce50% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Education— · 9 votes
Law— · 9 votes
Transportation and Public Works— · 9 votes
Economic stabilization— · 8 votes
Social Welfare— · 8 votes
Labor and Employment— · 7 votes
Automobile insurance— · 6 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 6 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Public works— · 5 votes
Credit— · 4 votes
Environmental Protection— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Congress— · 3 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 3 votes
District of Columbia— · 2 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 2 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Commemorations— · 1 vote
Conservation of natural resources— · 1 vote
Disaster relief— · 1 vote
Housing and Community Development— · 1 vote
Mines and mineral resources— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote

They also voted in 16 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Animals, Arts, Culture, Religion, Child welfare, Congressional-executive relations, Emergency Management, Explosives, Gold, Government publications, Livestock, Monuments and memorials, Reclamation of land, Right of privacy, Rivers, Ships and shipping, Taxation, Vietnamese Conflict.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

3 Congresses
91st · 196993rd · 1973
Republican · Senate · KY91st–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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Marlow Webster Cook

Senator from Kentucky
SENATER1969–19753 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
33.5%with Democrats
of 945 votes · 66.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested34%of 945 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1971→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019691973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 386 votes36.8%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 386 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance35.1% · 57
Government Operations and Politics61.1% · 54
Armed Forces and National Security29% · 31
Energy32.1% · 28
International Affairs20% · 25
Public Lands and Natural Resources38.9% · 18
Foreign Trade and International Finance18.8% · 16
Health18.2% · 11
Commerce50% · 10
Education— · 9
Law— · 9
Transportation and Public Works— · 9
Economic stabilization— · 8
Social Welfare— · 8
Labor and Employment— · 7
Automobile insurance— · 6
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Finance and Financial Sector— · 6
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Public works— · 5
Credit— · 4
Environmental Protection— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Congress— · 3
Territories (U.S.)— · 3
District of Columbia— · 2
Petroleum industry— · 2
Science, Technology, Communications— · 2
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Commemorations— · 1
Conservation of natural resources— · 1
Disaster relief— · 1
Housing and Community Development— · 1
Mines and mineral resources— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1

Also voted in 16 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Animals, Arts, Culture, Religion, Child welfare, Congressional-executive relations, Emergency Management, Explosives, Gold, Government publications, Livestock, Monuments and memorials, Reclamation of land, Right of privacy, Rivers, Ships and shipping, Taxation, Vietnamese Conflict.

Service record

91st · 196993rd · 1973
Republican91st–93rd

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