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Edward John Thye
Senator from MinnesotaSENATEREPUBLICAN1947–1959ID T000259
LegislationHEADLINE
30%with Dems
of 949 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
30%with Dems
of 949 · both combined
Steepest move
+27 pts
1947 → 1949
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 ↓19471953
1957–5885th Congress
Sat as a Republican
38.1%with Democrats
of 118 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, +27 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
Aug 24, 1958H.R. 2LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 24, 1958H.R. 2LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 24, 1958H.R. 29LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 29), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Aug 23, 1958H.R. 13856LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 23, 1958H.R. 13192LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 23, 1958H.R. 13192LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1958H.R. 13580LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 22, 1958H.R. 13247LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 22, 1958H.R. 12728LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 118 contested votes scored in the 85th 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
6 Congresses80th · 194785th · 1957
Republican · Senate · MN80th–85th
Term datesexact