LH
Lester Callaway Hunt
Senator from WyomingSENATEDEMOCRAT1949–1955ID H000975
LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 469 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 469 · both combined
Steepest move
−19 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓1949
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
58.1%with Democrats
of 62 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −19 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
Jun 14, 1954H.R. 8873LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1954H.R. 8067LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 8, 1954H.R. 9004LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9004), 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
Jun 4, 1954S.J.Res. 39LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 3, 1954H.R. 7839LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 2, 1954H.R. 8779LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 2, 1954H.R. 8779LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 2, 1954H.R. 8779LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 2, 1954H.R. 8779LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 62 contested votes scored in the 83rd CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses81st · 194983rd · 1953
Democrat · Senate · WY81st–83rd
Term datesexact