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Ernest Lundeen

Senator from Minnesota
SENATEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY1917–1941ID L000514
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LegislationHEADLINE
47%with Dems
of 527 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
47%with Dems
of 527 · both combined
Steepest move
+26 pts
1933 → 1935
under one label
Changed parties
73rd
R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓1917192319291935R→O · 73rd
1939–4076th Congress
Sat under another party label
40%with Democrats
of 115 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, +26 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
Aug 28, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 28, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 28, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4164), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Aug 28, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 28, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 27, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 27, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 26, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 26, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 115 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

5 Congresses
65th · 191773rd · 193375th · 193776th · 1939
Republican · House · MN65th–65th
Other party · House · MN73rd–74th
Other party · Senate · MN75th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
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Ernest Lundeen

Senator from Minnesota
SENATER→O1917–19415 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
47.4%with Democrats
of 527 votes · 52.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested47%of 527 · combined
Steepest move+26 pts1933→35, under another label
Changed parties73rdR→O

Career arc

100500R→O19171939
1939–40 · 76th · Other party · of 115 votes40%

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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 115 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191776th · 1939
Republican65th–65th
Other party73rd–74th
Other party75th–76th

Other party switchers

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