HW
Herman Welker
Senator from IdahoSENATEREPUBLICAN1951–1957ID W000269
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 382 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 382 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1953 → 1955
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 ↓1951
1955–5684th Congress
Sat as a Republican
23.3%with Democrats
of 90 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, +10 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
Jul 27, 1956H.R. 3210LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1956S. 2663LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1956S. 2663LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2663), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Jul 25, 1956H.R. 12350LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1956noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 24, 1956H.Con.Res. 265LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12130LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12130LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12130LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 90 contested votes scored in the 84th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses82nd · 195184th · 1955
Republican · Senate · ID82nd–84th
Term datesexact