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Robert Alphonso Taft
Senator from OhioSENATEREPUBLICAN1939–1955ID T000009
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 1,103 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 1,103 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 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 ↓193919451951
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 24 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −11 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 1, 1953S. 2128LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1953S. 2128LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1953S. 2128LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2128), 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
Jul 1, 1953S. 2128LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 24, 1953S. 1901LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1953S. 1081LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 18, 1953S. 1081LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 18, 1953S. 1081LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1953H.R. 5174LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 24 contested votes scored in the 83rd CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
8 Congresses76th · 193983rd · 1953
Republican · Senate · OH76th–83rd
Term datesexact