Paul Howard Douglas

Senator from Illinois

SENATEDEMOCRAT1949–1967ID D000456

LegislationHEADLINE

78%with Dems

of 1,653 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

78%with Dems

of 1,653 · both combined

Steepest move

+20 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓194919551961

1965–6689th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

88.7%with Democrats

of 204 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +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

Oct 18, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 10, 1966H.R. 14644No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 5, 1966H.R. 17788No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17788), 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

Oct 4, 1966S. 3164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 29, 1966H.R. 15963No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 28, 1966H.R. 14745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 28, 1966H.R. 14745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 28, 1966noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 204 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

9 Congresses

81st · 194989th · 1965

Democrat · Senate · IL81st–89th

Term datesexact

Paul Howard Douglas

Senator from Illinois

SENATED1949–19679 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

78.3%with Democrats

of 1,653 votes · 21.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested78%of 1,653 · combined

Steepest move+20 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491965

1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 204 votes88.7%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 204 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194989th · 1965

Democrat81st–89th

Party switchers

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