Richard Milhous Nixon

Senator from California

SENATEREPUBLICAN1947–1953ID N000116

LegislationHEADLINE

23%with Dems

of 368 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

23%with Dems

of 368 · both combined

Steepest move

+16 pts

1947 → 1949

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 ↓1947

1951–5282nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

27.2%with Democrats

of 184 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, +16 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

Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 1, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5767), 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

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

Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

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

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

Jun 27, 1952H.R. 7313No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 184 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

3 Congresses

80th · 194782nd · 1951

Republican · House · CA80th–81st

Republican · Senate · CA82nd–82nd

Term datesexact

Richard Milhous Nixon

Senator from California

SENATER1947–19533 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

23.4%with Democrats

of 368 votes · 76.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested23%of 368 · combined

Steepest move+16 pts1947→49, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019471951

1951–52 · 82nd · Republican · of 184 votes27.2%

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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 · 184 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194782nd · 1951

Republican80th–81st

Republican82nd–82nd

Party switchers

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