Leverett Saltonstall

Senator from Massachusetts

SENATEREPUBLICAN1945–1967ID S000021

LegislationHEADLINE

26%with Dems

of 1,818 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

26%with Dems

of 1,818 · both combined

Steepest move

−25 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓1945195119571963

1965–6689th Congress

Sat as a Republican

26.8%with Democrats

of 220 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −25 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

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

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

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

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 most recent roll calls shown · 220 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

11 Congresses

79th · 194589th · 1965

Republican · Senate · MA79th–89th

Term datesexact

Leverett Saltonstall

Senator from Massachusetts

SENATER1945–196711 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

26.4%with Democrats

of 1,818 votes · 73.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested26%of 1,818 · combined

Steepest move−25 pts1951→53, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019451965

1965–66 · 89th · Republican · of 220 votes26.8%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 220 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194589th · 1965

Republican79th–89th

Party switchers

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