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Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr.

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1967ID B000296
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LegislationHEADLINE
82%with Dems
of 1,308 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
82%with Dems
of 1,308 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1939 → 1941
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 ↓19391945195119571963
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.1%with Democrats
of 186 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, +12 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
Oct 21, 1966H.R. 18381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 21, 1966H.R. 14644No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13103), 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
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 18233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 15111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 186 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

12 Congresses
76th · 193989th · 1965
Democrat · House · TX76th–89th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
LB

Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr.

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1939–196712 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
82.2%with Democrats
of 1,308 votes · 17.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested82%of 1,308 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1939→41, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391965
1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 186 votes80.1%

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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 · 186 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193989th · 1965
Democrat76th–89th

Party switchers

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