JM
Joseph Raymond McCarthy
Senator from WisconsinSENATEREPUBLICAN1947–1959ID M000315
LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 760 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 760 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1953 → 1955
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 ↓19471953
1957–5885th Congress
Sat as a Republican
50%with Democrats
of 10 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, +17 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
Apr 17, 1957H.J.Res. 310LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 10, 1957S. 1771LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 1, 1957S. 1314LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1314), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Apr 1, 1957noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 28, 1957S. 497LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 28, 1957S. 497LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 27, 1957H.R. 4090LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 21, 1957S. 1451LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 19, 1957S. 1451LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 10 contested votes scored in the 85th 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
6 Congresses80th · 194785th · 1957
Republican · Senate · WI80th–85th
Term datesexact