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Gerald Prentice Nye

Senator from North Dakota
SENATEREPUBLICAN1925–1945ID N000176
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LegislationHEADLINE
47%with Dems
of 1,168 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
47%with Dems
of 1,168 · both combined
Steepest move
+23 pts
1927 → 1929
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 ↓1925193119371943
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Republican
24.5%with Democrats
of 98 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, +23 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
Dec 19, 1944noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1944noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1944noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Dec 19, 1944noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1944noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1944noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1944noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1944noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 12, 1944H.R. 3961No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 98 contested votes scored in the 78th 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

10 Congresses
69th · 192578th · 1943
Republican · Senate · ND69th–78th
Term datesexact
Members · North Dakota
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Gerald Prentice Nye

Senator from North Dakota
SENATER1925–194510 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
46.7%with Democrats
of 1,168 votes · 53.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested47%of 1,168 · combined
Steepest move+23 pts1927→29, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019251943
1943–44 · 78th · Republican · of 98 votes24.5%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 98 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

69th · 192578th · 1943
Republican69th–78th

Party switchers

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