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Dwight Palmer Griswold

Senator from Nebraska
SENATEREPUBLICAN1953–1955ID G000481
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 56 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 56 · 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 ↓1953
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.1%with Democrats
of 56 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
Apr 9, 1954H.R. 6342No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 7, 1954S. 3184No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 1, 1954S. 49No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 49), 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
Apr 1, 1954S. 49No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 1, 1954S. 49No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 30, 1954H.R. 8224No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 25, 1954H.R. 8224No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 25, 1954H.R. 8224No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 25, 1954H.R. 8224No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 56 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

1 Congresses
83rd · 1953
Republican · Senate · NE83rd–83rd
Term datesexact
Members · Nebraska
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Dwight Palmer Griswold

Senator from Nebraska
SENATER1953–19551 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
16.1%with Democrats
of 56 votes · 83.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 56 · combined

Career arc

10050019531953
1953–54 · 83rd · Republican · of 56 votes16.1%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 56 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

83rd · 195383rd · 1953
Republican83rd–83rd

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