Former member of Congress

Richard C. Shelby

Sen. for AL, Republican, in the 117th Congress (2021–2022).

No longer in Congress. This page shows their record in the past Congresses on this site, with the seat and party they held then.

Time in office

Every stretch of service in Congress, from the congress-legislators records. Vote counts on this site begin in 2013, so service before then has dates but no scores.

OfficeSeatPartyFromToCongresses
U.S. Senate, AlabamaALDemocrat / RepublicanJan. 6, 1987Jan. 3, 2023100th–117th
U.S. House, AlabamaAL-07DemocratJan. 15, 1979Jan. 3, 198796th–99th

Voting record by President

All the votes on this site from their time in office, added up under the President in office on the day of each vote. One President's figures are never combined with another's, and Trump's two terms are separate. A new President can take office partway through a Congress, so these can differ slightly from a Congress's own figures.

PresidentCongressesVotes with the PresidentParty loyaltyMissed votes
Joseph R. Biden Jr. (2021–2025)117th13% (41 of 313)96% (683 of 713)7% (69 of 947)
Donald J. Trump (2017–2021)117th, 116th, 115th98% (511 of 520)98% (736 of 752)0.8% (10 of 1,293)
Barack Obama (2009–2017)115th, 114th, 113th47% (148 of 317)94% (720 of 763)2% (29 of 1,187)

Every Congress

Each row is that Congress alone, and the President score is for the President of that time. Missed votes are left out of both scores.

CongressSeatPartyParty loyaltyVotes with the PresidentMissed votes
117th Congress (2021–2022)Senate ALRepublican96%Trump: –; Biden: 13%7%
116th Congress (2019–2020)Senate ALRepublican98%Trump: 98%0.7%
115th Congress (2017–2018)Senate ALRepublican98%Obama: –; Trump: 100%0.8%
114th Congress (2015–2016)Senate ALRepublican95%Obama: 47%4%
113th Congress (2013–2014)Senate ALRepublican94%Obama: 47%1%

Where they broke ranks, 117th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (30), or against the position President Trump / Biden took publicly before the vote (274).

Where they broke ranks, 116th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (8), or against the position President Trump took publicly before the vote (7).

Where they broke ranks, 115th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (9), or against the position President Obama / Trump took publicly before the vote (0).

Where they broke ranks, 114th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (14), or against the position President Obama took publicly before the vote (44).

Where they broke ranks, 113th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (28), or against the position President Obama took publicly before the vote (125).