NC
Norris H. Cotton
Senator from New HampshireSENATEREPUBLICAN1947–1977ID C000802
LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 2,459 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 2,459 · both combined
Steepest move
+37 pts
1973 → 1975
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 ↓19471953195919651971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Republican
45.5%with Democrats
of 11 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1973 → 1975, +37 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
Sep 17, 1975H.R. 8069LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 17, 1975H.R. 8069LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 17, 1975H.R. 8069LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8069), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Sep 10, 1975S. 848LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 10, 1975H.R. 5901LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 10, 1975S. 1849LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 9, 1975S. 963LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 9, 1975S. 963LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 9, 1975S. 963LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 11 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislation10% · 70 votes
4% · 50 votes
0% · 30 votes
11.1% · 27 votes
5.9% · 17 votes
5.9% · 17 votes
7.1% · 14 votes
15.4% · 13 votes
0% · 13 votes
41.7% · 12 votes
16.7% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
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They also voted in 17 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, Credit, Emergency Management, Explosives, Gold, Livestock, Mines and mineral resources, Mobile homes, Motor vehicles, Reclamation of land, Right of privacy, Rivers, Taxation, Vietnamese Conflict.
Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.
Service record
15 Congresses80th · 194784th · 195594th · 1975
Republican · House · NH80th–83rd
Republican · Senate · NH84th–94th
Term datesexact