Kenneth Spicer Wherry

Senator from Nebraska

SENATEREPUBLICAN1943–1953ID W000344

LegislationHEADLINE

7%with Dems

of 764 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

7%with Dems

of 764 · both combined

Steepest move

−3 pts

1943 → 1945

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 ↓19431949

1951–5282nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

9%with Democrats

of 100 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, −3 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

Sep 26, 1951H.R. 4473No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 18, 1951H.R. 3193No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 14, 1951S. 355No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 355), 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

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Sep 13, 1951H.R. 5054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 13, 1951H.R. 5054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 31, 1951H.R. 5113No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 31, 1951H.R. 5113No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 31, 1951H.R. 5113No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 100 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

5 Congresses

78th · 194382nd · 1951

Republican · Senate · NE78th–82nd

Term datesexact

Kenneth Spicer Wherry

Senator from Nebraska

SENATER1943–19535 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

6.5%with Democrats

of 764 votes · 93.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested7%of 764 · combined

Steepest move−3 pts1943→45, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019431951

1951–52 · 82nd · Republican · of 100 votes9%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194382nd · 1951

Republican78th–82nd

Party switchers

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