Thomas Ellsworth Martin

Senator from Iowa

SENATEREPUBLICAN1939–1961ID M000199

LegislationHEADLINE

12%with Dems

of 1,134 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

12%with Dems

of 1,134 · both combined

Steepest move

+10 pts

1945 → 1947

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 ↓1939194519511957

1959–6086th Congress

Sat as a Republican

13.2%with Democrats

of 151 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, +10 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

Jun 22, 1960H.R. 11389No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 22, 1960H.R. 11776No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11776), 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

Open roll call

Jun 22, 1960noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 20, 1960H.R. 12232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 20, 1960H.R. 12381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 20, 1960H.R. 12381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 20, 1960H.R. 12381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 151 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

11 Congresses

76th · 193984th · 195586th · 1959

Republican · House · IA76th–83rd

Republican · Senate · IA84th–86th

Term datesexact

Thomas Ellsworth Martin

Senator from Iowa

SENATER1939–196111 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

11.9%with Democrats

of 1,134 votes · 88.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested12%of 1,134 · combined

Steepest move+10 pts1945→47, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391959

1959–60 · 86th · Republican · of 151 votes13.2%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 151 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193986th · 1959

Republican76th–83rd

Republican84th–86th

Party switchers

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