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Lyle H. Boren

Representative from Oklahoma
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1937–1947ID B000640
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LegislationHEADLINE
65%with Dems
of 380 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
65%with Dems
of 380 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 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 ↓19371943
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
41.8%with Democrats
of 55 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, −15 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
Jun 11, 1946H.R. 4908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1946H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 6, 1946H.R. 6407No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6407), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jun 6, 1946H.R. 6407No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1946noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1946noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1946noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 5, 1946noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 5, 1946noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 55 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

5 Congresses
75th · 193779th · 1945
Democrat · House · OK75th–79th
Term datesexact
Members · Oklahoma
LB

Lyle H. Boren

Representative from Oklahoma
HOUSED1937–19475 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
64.7%with Democrats
of 380 votes · 35.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested65%of 380 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1939→41, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019371945
1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 55 votes41.8%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 55 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193779th · 1945
Democrat75th–79th

Party switchers

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