Sen. William “Stuart” Symington

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Symington sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Symington is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Some of Symington’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• S.Res. 566 (94th): A resolution relating to the consideration of H.R. 15136.
• S. 3767 (94th): A bill for the relief of Opal Garnet Branch.
• S. 3730 (94th): Military Construction Authorization Act
• S. 3434 (94th): Military Construction Authorization Act
• S.Res. 282 (94th): A resolution citing Bob Hope an American Patriot.
• S. 2350 (94th): A bill to amend the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, ...
• S. 781 (94th): A bill to reduce the salaries of Senators, Members of the House ...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1953 to Oct 1976, Symington missed 1,087 of 7,326 roll call votes, which is 14.8%. This is worse than the median of 11.7% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Oct 1976. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
• United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
• Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills