HL
Herbert Henry Lehman
Senator from New YorkSENATEDEMOCRAT1949–1957ID L000224
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 553 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 553 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓19491955
1955–5684th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.8%with Democrats
of 99 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, +9 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
Jul 27, 1956H.R. 3210LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1956S. 2663LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1956S. 2663LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2663), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jul 25, 1956H.R. 12350LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1956noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 24, 1956H.Con.Res. 265LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12130LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12130LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12130LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 99 contested votes scored in the 84th 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
4 Congresses81st · 194984th · 1955
Democrat · Senate · NY81st–84th
Term datesexact