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Charles William Tobey

Senator from New Hampshire
SENATEREPUBLICAN1933–1955ID T000289
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LegislationHEADLINE
29%with Dems
of 1,157 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
29%with Dems
of 1,157 · both combined
Steepest move
+26 pts
1943 → 1945
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 ↓1933193919451951
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
68.6%with Democrats
of 35 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, +26 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 23, 1953H.R. 5969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1953H.R. 5969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 22, 1953H.R. 5969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5969), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Jul 21, 1953S. 2047No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 21, 1953S. 2047No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 21, 1953S. 2047No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 21, 1953S. 2047No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 21, 1953noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 17, 1953S. 2175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 35 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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
73rd · 193376th · 193983rd · 1953
Republican · House · NH73rd–75th
Republican · Senate · NH76th–83rd
Term datesexact
Members · New Hampshire
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Charles William Tobey

Senator from New Hampshire
SENATER1933–195511 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
29.2%with Democrats
of 1,157 votes · 70.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested29%of 1,157 · combined
Steepest move+26 pts1943→45, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019331953
1953–54 · 83rd · Republican · of 35 votes68.6%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 35 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193383rd · 1953
Republican73rd–75th
Republican76th–83rd

Party switchers

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