Thruston Ballard Morton

Senator from Kentucky

SENATEREPUBLICAN1947–1969ID M001022

LegislationHEADLINE

22%with Dems

of 1,310 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

22%with Dems

of 1,310 · both combined

Steepest move

−11 pts

1951 → 1957

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 ↓1947195319591965

1967–6890th Congress

Sat as a Republican

24%with Democrats

of 146 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1957, −11 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

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

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

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

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2767), 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

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

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

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

Oct 4, 1968noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 146 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

9 Congresses

80th · 194785th · 195790th · 1967

Republican · House · KY80th–82nd

Republican · Senate · KY85th–90th

Term datesexact

Thruston Ballard Morton

Senator from Kentucky

SENATER1947–19699 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

22.3%with Democrats

of 1,310 votes · 77.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested22%of 1,310 · combined

Steepest move−11 pts1951→57, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019471967

1967–68 · 90th · Republican · of 146 votes24%

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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 · 146 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194790th · 1967

Republican80th–82nd

Republican85th–90th

Party switchers

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