Everett McKinley Dirksen

Senator from Illinois

SENATEREPUBLICAN1933–1971ID D000360

LegislationHEADLINE

12%with Dems

of 2,237 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

12%with Dems

of 2,237 · both combined

Steepest move

+20 pts

1943 → 1945

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 ↓1933193919451951195719631969

1969–7091st Congress

Sat as a Republican

7.4%with Democrats

of 27 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, +20 pts — within one party label.

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

Aug 12, 1969H.Con.Res. 315No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 12, 1969S. 2546No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 12, 1969S. 2721No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2721), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Aug 12, 1969S. 2721No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 11, 1969S. 2546No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 7, 1969H.R. 7206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 7, 1969H.R. 7206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 27 contested votes scored in the 91st 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

18 Congresses

73rd · 193382nd · 195191st · 1969

Republican · House · IL73rd–80th

Republican · Senate · IL82nd–91st

Term datesexact

Everett McKinley Dirksen

Senator from Illinois

SENATER1933–197118 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

11.9%with Democrats

of 2,237 votes · 88.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested12%of 2,237 · combined

Steepest move+20 pts1943→45, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019331969

1969–70 · 91st · Republican · of 27 votes7.4%

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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 · 27 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193391st · 1969

Republican73rd–80th

Republican82nd–91st

Party switchers

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