Thomas Joseph Dodd

Senator from Connecticut

SENATEDEMOCRAT1953–1971ID D000390

LegislationHEADLINE

77%with Dems

of 1,224 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

77%with Dems

of 1,224 · both combined

Steepest move

+20 pts

1955 → 1959

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 ↓195319591965

1969–7091st Congress

Sat as a Democrat

64.7%with Democrats

of 136 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1955 → 1959, +20 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

Dec 14, 1970H.R. 19928No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 9, 1970H.R. 19877No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 3, 1970H.R. 17755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17755), 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

Open roll call

Nov 30, 1970H.R. 17867No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Nov 25, 1970noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Nov 24, 1970S. 3562No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 136 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

8 Congresses

83rd · 195386th · 195991st · 1969

Democrat · House · CT83rd–84th

Democrat · Senate · CT86th–91st

Term datesexact

Thomas Joseph Dodd

Senator from Connecticut

SENATED1953–19718 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

76.8%with Democrats

of 1,224 votes · 23.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested77%of 1,224 · combined

Steepest move+20 pts1955→59, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019531969

1969–70 · 91st · Democrat · of 136 votes64.7%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 136 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

83rd · 195391st · 1969

Democrat83rd–84th

Democrat86th–91st

Party switchers

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