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Ernest William McFarland

Senator from Arizona
SENATEDEMOCRAT1941–1953ID M000438
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LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 900 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 900 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 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 ↓19411947
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.8%with Democrats
of 194 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, +11 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
Jul 5, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 5, 1952S. 1084No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 4, 1952S. 827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · 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
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · 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 · 194 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

6 Congresses
77th · 194182nd · 1951
Democrat · Senate · AZ77th–82nd
Term datesexact
Members · Arizona
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Ernest William McFarland

Senator from Arizona
SENATED1941–19536 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
88.1%with Democrats
of 900 votes · 11.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested88%of 900 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019411951
1951–52 · 82nd · Democrat · of 194 votes93.8%

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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 · 194 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

77th · 194182nd · 1951
Democrat77th–82nd

Party switchers

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