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Milward Lee Simpson

Senator from Wyoming
SENATEREPUBLICAN1963–1967ID S000434
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LegislationHEADLINE
3%with Dems
of 434 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
3%with Dems
of 434 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓1963
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Republican
3.6%with Democrats
of 224 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, +1 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 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
Oct 14, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
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 recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 224 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

2 Congresses
88th · 196389th · 1965
Republican · Senate · WY88th–89th
Term datesexact
Members · Wyoming
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Milward Lee Simpson

Senator from Wyoming
SENATER1963–19672 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
3.2%with Democrats
of 434 votes · 96.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested3%of 434 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts1963→65, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019631965
1965–66 · 89th · Republican · of 224 votes3.6%

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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 · 224 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

88th · 196389th · 1965
Republican88th–89th

Party switchers

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