Wayne Lyman Morse

Senator from Oregon

SENATEREPUBLICAN→INDEPENDENT→DEMOCRAT1945–1969ID M001014

LegislationHEADLINE

78%with Dems

of 2,097 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

78%with Dems

of 2,097 · both combined

Steepest move

+21 pts

1951 → 1953

the label changed

Changed parties

83rd

R → I · first Congress under it

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 ↓1945195119571963R→I · 83rd

1967–6890th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

80.5%with Democrats

of 190 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +21 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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

Oct 10, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 10, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 20300), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Oct 9, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 9, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 8, 1968H.R. 2767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 8, 1968H.R. 2767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 8, 1968noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1968H.R. 19908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 190 contested votes scored in the 90th 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

12 Congresses

79th · 194583rd · 195385th · 195790th · 1967

Republican · Senate · OR79th–82nd

Independent · Senate · OR83rd–84th

Democrat · Senate · OR85th–90th

Term datesexact

Wayne Lyman Morse

Senator from Oregon

SENATER→I→D1945–196912 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

78%with Democrats

of 2,097 votes · 22% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested78%of 2,097 · combined

Steepest move+21 pts1951→53, as an Independent

Changed parties83rdR→I

Career arc

100500R→I19451967

1967–68 · 90th · Democrat · of 190 votes80.5%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 190 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194590th · 1967

Republican79th–82nd

Independent83rd–84th

Democrat85th–90th

Other party switchers

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