Orrice Abram (Abe) Murdock Jr.

Senator from Utah

SENATEDEMOCRAT1933–1947ID M001082

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 713 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 713 · both combined

Steepest move

+22 pts

1933 → 1935

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 ↓193319391945

1945–4679th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

89.5%with Democrats

of 133 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, +22 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

Aug 1, 1946H.J.Res. 390No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 390), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Democratic majority

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Jul 31, 1946H.R. 7No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 27, 1946H.R. 1362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 27, 1946H.R. 1362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 26, 1946H.R. 1362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 24, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 23, 1946H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 133 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

7 Congresses

73rd · 193377th · 194179th · 1945

Democrat · House · UT73rd–76th

Democrat · Senate · UT77th–79th

Term datesexact

Orrice Abram (Abe) Murdock Jr.

Senator from Utah

SENATED1933–19477 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

86.4%with Democrats

of 713 votes · 13.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 713 · combined

Steepest move+22 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331945

1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 133 votes89.5%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 133 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193379th · 1945

Democrat73rd–76th

Democrat77th–79th

Party switchers

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