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Robert Marion La Follette

Senator from Wisconsin
SENATEREPUBLICAN1885–1927ID L000004
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LegislationHEADLINE
43%with Dems
of 2,239 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
43%with Dems
of 2,239 · both combined
Steepest move
+66 pts
1889 → 1905
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 ↓1885189118971903190919151921
1925–2669th Congress
Sat as a Republican
100%with Democrats
of 3 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1905, +66 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
Mar 16, 1925noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 13, 1925noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 10, 1925noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 10, 1925noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
4 most recent roll calls shown · 3 contested votes scored in the 69th 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

14 Congresses
49th · 188559th · 190569th · 1925
Republican · House · WI49th–51st
Republican · Senate · WI59th–69th
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
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Robert Marion La Follette

Senator from Wisconsin
SENATER1885–192714 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
43.2%with Democrats
of 2,239 votes · 56.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested43%of 2,239 · combined
Steepest move+66 pts1889→05, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018851925
1925–26 · 69th · Republican · of 3 votes100%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 4 shown · 3 contested votes scored in the 69th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

49th · 188569th · 1925
Republican49th–51st
Republican59th–69th

Party switchers

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