Karl Earl Mundt

Senator from South Dakota

SENATEREPUBLICAN1939–1973ID M001078

LegislationHEADLINE

17%with Dems

of 2,495 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

17%with Dems

of 2,495 · both combined

Steepest move

−17 pts

1959 → 1961

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 ↓193919451951195719631969

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

10.8%with Democrats

of 37 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −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

May 1, 1972S. 3526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Nov 15, 1971H.R. 10947No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 15, 1971H.R. 9270No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9270), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jul 14, 1971S. 575No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 12, 1971noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 9, 1971S. 1828No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 9, 1971H.R. 7016No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 9, 1971H.R. 9271No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 9, 1971H.R. 7109No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 37 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

17 Congresses

76th · 193981st · 194992nd · 1971

Republican · House · SD76th–80th

Republican · Senate · SD81st–92nd

Term datesexact

Karl Earl Mundt

Senator from South Dakota

SENATER1939–197317 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

17.4%with Democrats

of 2,495 votes · 82.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested17%of 2,495 · combined

Steepest move−17 pts1959→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391971

1971–72 · 92nd · Republican · of 37 votes10.8%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 37 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193992nd · 1971

Republican76th–80th

Republican81st–92nd

Party switchers

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