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Charles Ellsworth Goodell

Senator from New York
SENATEREPUBLICAN1959–1971ID G000282
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LegislationHEADLINE
34%with Dems
of 817 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
34%with Dems
of 817 · both combined
Steepest move
+41 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓19591965
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Republican
75.7%with Democrats
of 226 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +41 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 30, 1970H.R. 17867No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 13000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 19953No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 19953), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 18515No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 19590No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 29, 1970S. 437No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 28, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 226 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

6 Congresses
86th · 195991st · 1969
Republican · House · NY86th–90th
Republican · Senate · NY91st–91st
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Charles Ellsworth Goodell

Senator from New York
SENATER1959–19716 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
33.7%with Democrats
of 817 votes · 66.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested34%of 817 · combined
Steepest move+41 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019591969
1969–70 · 91st · Republican · of 226 votes75.7%

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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 · 226 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

86th · 195991st · 1969
Republican86th–90th
Republican91st–91st

Party switchers

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