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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

Senator from Massachusetts
SENATEREPUBLICAN1937–1953ID L000394
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LegislationHEADLINE
29%with Dems
of 978 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
29%with Dems
of 978 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1947 → 1949
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 ↓193719431949
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
40.4%with Democrats
of 183 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, +18 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
Jul 5, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 5, 1952S. 1084No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 4, 1952S. 827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 827), 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
Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 1, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 183 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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

7 Congresses
75th · 193782nd · 1951
Republican · Senate · MA75th–82nd
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

Senator from Massachusetts
SENATER1937–19537 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
29.3%with Democrats
of 978 votes · 70.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested29%of 978 · combined
Steepest move+18 pts1947→49, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019371951
1951–52 · 82nd · Republican · of 183 votes40.4%

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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 · 183 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193782nd · 1951
Republican75th–82nd

Party switchers

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