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Thomas Rust Underwood

Senator from Kentucky
SENATEDEMOCRAT1949–1953ID U000015
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 303 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 303 · both combined
Steepest move
−0 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓1949
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.5%with Democrats
of 179 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, −0 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
Jul 5, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 5, 1952S. 1084No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5767), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 1, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 179 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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
81st · 194982nd · 1951
Democrat · House · KY81st–82nd
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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Thomas Rust Underwood

Senator from Kentucky
SENATED1949–19532 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.4%with Democrats
of 303 votes · 9.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 303 · combined
Steepest move−0 pts1949→51, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491951
1951–52 · 82nd · Democrat · of 179 votes90.5%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 179 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194982nd · 1951
Democrat81st–82nd

Party switchers

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