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Frederick Van Nuys

Senator from Indiana
SENATEDEMOCRAT1933–1945ID V000050
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LegislationHEADLINE
67%with Dems
of 612 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
67%with Dems
of 612 · both combined
Steepest move
−27 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 ↓19331939
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
76.1%with Democrats
of 71 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, −27 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
Jan 24, 1944H.R. 3477No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 19, 1944H.R. 3687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 18, 1944H.R. 3687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3687), 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
Jan 18, 1944H.R. 3687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 17, 1944H.R. 3687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 11, 1944H.R. 3687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 9, 1943S.J.Res. 91No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 8, 1943H.R. 3598No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 8, 1943H.R. 3598No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 78th 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

6 Congresses
73rd · 193378th · 1943
Democrat · Senate · IN73rd–78th
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
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Frederick Van Nuys

Senator from Indiana
SENATED1933–19456 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
66.5%with Democrats
of 612 votes · 33.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested67%of 612 · combined
Steepest move−27 pts1935→37, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331943
1943–44 · 78th · Democrat · of 71 votes76.1%

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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 · 71 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193378th · 1943
Democrat73rd–78th

Party switchers

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