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Ralph Webster Yarborough

Senator from Texas
SENATEDEMOCRAT1957–1971ID Y000006
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LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 1,265 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 1,265 · both combined
Steepest move
−20 pts
1957 → 1959
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 ↓195719631969
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.8%with Democrats
of 197 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1957 → 1959, −20 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
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 17867No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 13000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 19953No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 19953), 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
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 18515No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 19590No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 28, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 28, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 197 contested votes scored in the 91st 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

7 Congresses
85th · 195791st · 1969
Democrat · Senate · TX85th–91st
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
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Ralph Webster Yarborough

Senator from Texas
SENATED1957–19717 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
88.4%with Democrats
of 1,265 votes · 11.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested88%of 1,265 · combined
Steepest move−20 pts1957→59, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019571969
1969–70 · 91st · Democrat · of 197 votes87.8%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 197 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

85th · 195791st · 1969
Democrat85th–91st

Party switchers

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