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Homer Samuel Ferguson

Senator from Michigan
SENATEREPUBLICAN1943–1955ID F000081
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 989 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 989 · both combined
Steepest move
−25 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓19431949
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.2%with Democrats
of 134 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, −25 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
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.Res. 301), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 18, 1954S.Res. 331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 134 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

6 Congresses
78th · 194383rd · 1953
Republican · Senate · MI78th–83rd
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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Homer Samuel Ferguson

Senator from Michigan
SENATER1943–19556 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
12.5%with Democrats
of 989 votes · 87.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 989 · combined
Steepest move−25 pts1945→47, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019431953
1953–54 · 83rd · Republican · of 134 votes8.2%

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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 · 134 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194383rd · 1953
Republican78th–83rd

Party switchers

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