Brien McMahon

Senator from Connecticut

SENATEDEMOCRAT1945–1953ID M000559

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 691 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 691 · both combined

Steepest move

+10 pts

1949 → 1951

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 ↓19451951

1951–5282nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

91.5%with Democrats

of 141 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, +10 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

Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 27, 1952H.R. 5678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5678), 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

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Jun 18, 1952S.Res. 331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 18, 1952S.Res. 330No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 18, 1952S.Res. 317No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 18, 1952S.J.Res. 27No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jun 12, 1952S. 2594No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jun 11, 1952S. 2594No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 141 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

4 Congresses

79th · 194582nd · 1951

Democrat · Senate · CT79th–82nd

Term datesexact

Brien McMahon

Senator from Connecticut

SENATED1945–19534 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

86.4%with Democrats

of 691 votes · 13.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 691 · combined

Steepest move+10 pts1949→51, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019451951

1951–52 · 82nd · Democrat · of 141 votes91.5%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 141 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194582nd · 1951

Democrat79th–82nd

Party switchers

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