Walter Franklin George

Senator from Georgia

SENATEDEMOCRAT1921–1957ID G000131

LegislationHEADLINE

73%with Dems

of 2,199 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

73%with Dems

of 2,199 · both combined

Steepest move

+21 pts

1939 → 1941

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 ↓192119271933193919451951

1955–5684th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

78.6%with Democrats

of 84 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, +21 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

Jul 27, 1956H.R. 3210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 26, 1956S. 2663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 24, 1956noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jul 24, 1956H.Con.Res. 265No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 84 contested votes scored in the 84th 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

67th · 192184th · 1955

Democrat · Senate · GA67th–84th

Term datesexact

Walter Franklin George

Senator from Georgia

SENATED1921–195718 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

72.8%with Democrats

of 2,199 votes · 27.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested73%of 2,199 · combined

Steepest move+21 pts1939→41, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019211955

1955–56 · 84th · Democrat · of 84 votes78.6%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 84 contested votes scored in the 84th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192184th · 1955

Democrat67th–84th

Party switchers

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