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Frank William Boykin

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1963ID B000725
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LegislationHEADLINE
73%with Dems
of 956 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
73%with Dems
of 956 · both combined
Steepest move
−32 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓19351941194719531959
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
70.1%with Democrats
of 77 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −32 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 13, 1962H.R. 12900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 26, 1962S.J.Res. 230No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 26, 1962S.J.Res. 230No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 230), 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
Sep 21, 1962H.R. 117324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 21, 1962H.R. 121803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 20, 1962H.R. 131752No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1962H.R. 131751No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1962H.R. 89000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1962H.R. 12391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 77 contested votes scored in the 87th 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
74th · 193587th · 1961
Democrat · House · AL74th–87th
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
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Frank William Boykin

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1935–196314 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
73.1%with Democrats
of 956 votes · 26.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested73%of 956 · combined
Steepest move−32 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351961
1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 77 votes70.1%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 77 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193587th · 1961
Democrat74th–87th

Party switchers

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