Leo Elwood Allen

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1933–1961ID A000138

LegislationHEADLINE

8%with Dems

of 1,262 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

8%with Dems

of 1,262 · both combined

Steepest move

−11 pts

1945 → 1947

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 ↓19331939194519511957

1959–6086th Congress

Sat as a Republican

14.7%with Democrats

of 95 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, −11 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

Aug 31, 1960H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 26, 1960H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12580), 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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Aug 24, 1960S.J.Res. 170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 24, 1960H.Res. 587No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 23, 1960H.Res. 611No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 23, 1960H.Res. 607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 22, 1960H.R. 9866No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 22, 1960H.R. 5383No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 86th 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

14 Congresses

73rd · 193386th · 1959

Republican · House · IL73rd–86th

Term datesexact

Leo Elwood Allen

Representative from Illinois

HOUSER1933–196114 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

7.9%with Democrats

of 1,262 votes · 92.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested8%of 1,262 · combined

Steepest move−11 pts1945→47, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019331959

1959–60 · 86th · Republican · of 95 votes14.7%

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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 · 95 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193386th · 1959

Republican73rd–86th

Party switchers

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