Patrick Anthony (Pat) McCarran

Senator from Nevada

SENATEDEMOCRAT1933–1955ID M000308

LegislationHEADLINE

53%with Dems

of 1,297 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

53%with Dems

of 1,297 · both combined

Steepest move

+26 pts

1941 → 1943

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 ↓1933193919451951

1953–5483rd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

49.5%with Democrats

of 91 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, +26 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

Sep 18, 1954S.Res. 331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 18, 1954S.Res. 331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 20, 1954H.R. 7774No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7774), 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

Aug 20, 1954H.R. 7774No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 19, 1954H.R. 7840No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 19, 1954S. 3706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 19, 1954H.R. 2235No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 17, 1954H.R. 9680No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 17, 1954H.R. 9859No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 91 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

73rd · 193383rd · 1953

Democrat · Senate · NV73rd–83rd

Term datesexact

Patrick Anthony (Pat) McCarran

Senator from Nevada

SENATED1933–195511 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

52.7%with Democrats

of 1,297 votes · 47.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested53%of 1,297 · combined

Steepest move+26 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331953

1953–54 · 83rd · Democrat · of 91 votes49.5%

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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 · 91 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193383rd · 1953

Democrat73rd–83rd

Party switchers

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