William Bradley Umstead

Senator from North Carolina

SENATEDEMOCRAT1933–1949ID U000005

LegislationHEADLINE

81%with Dems

of 464 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

81%with Dems

of 464 · both combined

Steepest move

−12 pts

1935 → 1937

still a Democrat

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 ↓193319391945

1947–4880th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

75.7%with Democrats

of 140 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, −12 pts — while still a Democrat.

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 7, 1948H.Con.Res. 222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 7, 1948S.Con.Res. 63No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 7, 1948H.J.Res. 445No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 445), 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

Open roll call

Aug 7, 1948H.J.Res. 445No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 7, 1948S.J.Res. 157No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 6, 1948H.R. 6959No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 4, 1948H.R. 29No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 2, 1948S.Con.Res. 60No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 19, 1948S. 2758No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 140 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

4 Congresses

73rd · 193380th · 1947

Democrat · House · NC73rd–75th

Democrat · Senate · NC80th–80th

Term datesexact

William Bradley Umstead

Senator from North Carolina

SENATED1933–19494 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

81%with Democrats

of 464 votes · 19% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested81%of 464 · combined

Steepest move−12 pts1935→37, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331947

1947–48 · 80th · Democrat · of 140 votes75.7%

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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 · 140 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193380th · 1947

Democrat73rd–75th

Democrat80th–80th

Party switchers

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