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Charles Augustus Boyle

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1955–1961ID B000727
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 205 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 205 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1957 → 1959
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 ↓1955
1959–6086th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.1%with Democrats
of 47 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1957 → 1959, +7 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
Sep 15, 1959H.R. 8385No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 15, 1959H.R. 8385No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 10, 1959H.R. 9105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9105), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Sep 9, 1959S. 2208No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 8, 1959H.R. 9069No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 8, 1959H.R. 9015No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 8, 1959H.J.Res. 352No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 4, 1959H.R. 9035No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 4, 1959H.R. 9035No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 47 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

3 Congresses
84th · 195586th · 1959
Democrat · House · IL84th–86th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Charles Augustus Boyle

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1955–19613 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
81.5%with Democrats
of 205 votes · 18.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 205 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1957→59, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019551959
1959–60 · 86th · Democrat · of 47 votes85.1%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 47 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

84th · 195586th · 1959
Democrat84th–86th

Party switchers

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