The Vote Ledger
/
Data through Sep 30, 2026Compare members
The Vote Ledger
JD

John Foster Dulles

Senator from New York
SENATEREPUBLICAN1949–1951ID D000522
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
35%with Dems
of 46 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
35%with Dems
of 46 · both combined

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 ↓1949
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Republican
34.8%with Democrats
of 46 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 19, 1949H.R. 5345No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 19, 1949noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 15, 1949H.R. 4567No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4567), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Oct 12, 1949S. 2319No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1949noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 11, 1949H.R. 5345No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 7, 1949H.R. 5345No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1949S. 2522No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1949S. 2522No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 46 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

1 Congresses
81st · 1949
Republican · Senate · NY81st–81st
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JD

John Foster Dulles

Senator from New York
SENATER1949–19511 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
34.8%with Democrats
of 46 votes · 65.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested35%of 46 · combined

Career arc

10050019491949
1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 46 votes34.8%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 46 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194981st · 1949
Republican81st–81st

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
AD320 × 50 · Anchor