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Robert Ferdinand Wagner

Senator from New York
SENATEDEMOCRAT1927–1951ID W000021
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 1,271 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 1,271 · both combined
Steepest move
−19 pts
1927 → 1929
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 ↓1927193319391945
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 57 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −19 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
Jun 28, 1949S. 249No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 28, 1949S. 249No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 28, 1949S. 249No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 249), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jun 28, 1949S. 249No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 23, 1949S. 249No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1949S. 249No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1949S. 249No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1949H.R. 3083No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 31, 1949S. 1527No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 57 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

12 Congresses
70th · 192781st · 1949
Democrat · Senate · NY70th–81st
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Robert Ferdinand Wagner

Senator from New York
SENATED1927–195112 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
81.2%with Democrats
of 1,271 votes · 18.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 1,271 · combined
Steepest move−19 pts1927→29, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019271949
1949–50 · 81st · Democrat · of 57 votes100%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 57 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

70th · 192781st · 1949
Democrat70th–81st

Party switchers

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