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Rufus Cecil Holman

Senator from Oregon
SENATEREPUBLICAN1939–1945ID H000731
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LegislationHEADLINE
20%with Dems
of 337 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
20%with Dems
of 337 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1939 → 1941
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 ↓1939
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Republican
21.7%with Democrats
of 115 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, +4 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 19, 1944noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1944noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1944noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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 19, 1944noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1944noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1944noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 14, 1944H.R. 4911No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 12, 1944H.R. 3961No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 8, 1944H.R. 5564No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 115 contested votes scored in the 78th 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

3 Congresses
76th · 193978th · 1943
Republican · Senate · OR76th–78th
Term datesexact
Members · Oregon
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Rufus Cecil Holman

Senator from Oregon
SENATER1939–19453 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
20.2%with Democrats
of 337 votes · 79.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested20%of 337 · combined
Steepest move+4 pts1939→41, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391943
1943–44 · 78th · Republican · of 115 votes21.7%

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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 · 115 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193978th · 1943
Republican76th–78th

Party switchers

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