Absalom Willis Robertson

Senator from Virginia

SENATEDEMOCRAT1933–1967ID R000317

LegislationHEADLINE

51%with Dems

of 2,423 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

51%with Dems

of 2,423 · both combined

Steepest move

−14 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 ↓193319391945195119571963

1965–6689th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

31%with Democrats

of 200 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −14 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

Oct 22, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 22, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 18, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3708), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Oct 14, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 14, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 14, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1966noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 200 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

73rd · 193380th · 194789th · 1965

Democrat · House · VA73rd–79th

Democrat · Senate · VA80th–89th

Term datesexact

Absalom Willis Robertson

Senator from Virginia

SENATED1933–196717 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

51.3%with Democrats

of 2,423 votes · 48.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested51%of 2,423 · combined

Steepest move−14 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331965

1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 200 votes31%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 200 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193389th · 1965

Democrat73rd–79th

Democrat80th–89th

Party switchers

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