William Langer

Senator from North Dakota

SENATEREPUBLICAN1941–1961ID L000070

LegislationHEADLINE

57%with Dems

of 1,239 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

57%with Dems

of 1,239 · both combined

Steepest move

+30 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓1941194719531959

1959–6086th Congress

Sat as a Republican

74.2%with Democrats

of 97 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +30 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

Sep 14, 1959H.R. 8385No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 14, 1959H.R. 8385No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8385), 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

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Sep 12, 1959H.R. 8385No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 12, 1959S. 1697No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 11, 1959H.R. 5421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 10, 1959H.R. 9105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 9, 1959H.R. 3610No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 9, 1959H.R. 4002No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 97 contested votes scored in the 86th 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

10 Congresses

77th · 194186th · 1959

Republican · Senate · ND77th–86th

Term datesexact

William Langer

Senator from North Dakota

SENATER1941–196110 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

56.8%with Democrats

of 1,239 votes · 43.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested57%of 1,239 · combined

Steepest move+30 pts1951→53, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019411959

1959–60 · 86th · Republican · of 97 votes74.2%

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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 · 97 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

77th · 194186th · 1959

Republican77th–86th

Party switchers

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