Senator, Ohio · 1939–1953
Robert A. Taft
Mr. Republican. Against the New Deal’s reach and against expansive foreign commitments.
Robert A. Taft is on the former-members chart, not the current Congress. The office on file is Senator, Ohio, 1939–1953. The placement note is: Mr. Republican. Against the New Deal’s reach and against expansive foreign commitments.
The dot is economics +52 and authority +18. That is right of center on economics. The other axis sits toward authority. Former members are placed from the public career, not from a 119th Congress Voteview score.
Said: Repeal the New Deal’s direction and stay out of Europe’s wars. Done: He limited, more than he repealed. The internationalist wing of his party beat him for the nomination. The placement follows what the career did when the two diverge.
The nearest other former members on these two numbers are Paul Ryan (+50 / +20) and Eric Cantor (+42 / +16). Nearness is not a school of thought.
This page does not add votes that are not in the placement note. The bills themselves are in the Congressional Record for those years.