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Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg

Senator from Michigan
SENATEREPUBLICAN1927–1953ID V000025
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LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 1,512 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 1,512 · both combined
Steepest move
+26 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓19271933193919451951
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Republican
31.6%with Democrats
of 152 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, +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
Jan 24, 1951S.Res. 36No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
1 most recent roll calls shown · 0 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

13 Congresses
70th · 192782nd · 1951
Republican · Senate · MI70th–82nd
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg

Senator from Michigan
SENATER1927–195313 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Democrats
of 1,512 votes · 83% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested17%of 1,512 · combined
Steepest move+26 pts1941→43, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019271951
1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 152 votes31.6%

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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.
Latest 1 shown · 0 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

70th · 192782nd · 1951
Republican70th–82nd

Party switchers

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