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Laurence Junior Burton

Representative from Utah
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1963–1971ID B001155
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LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 503 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 503 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓19631969
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Republican
31.4%with Democrats
of 86 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +18 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
Dec 21, 1970H.R. 14233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1970noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1970S. 1181No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1181), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Dec 16, 1970H.R. 19590No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 15, 1970H.R. 17755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 8, 1970H.Res. 1290No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 8, 1970H.R. 17755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1970H.Res. 1282No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 7, 1970noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 86 contested votes scored in the 91st 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

4 Congresses
88th · 196391st · 1969
Republican · House · UT88th–91st
Term datesexact
Members · Utah
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Laurence Junior Burton

Representative from Utah
HOUSER1963–19714 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
16.7%with Democrats
of 503 votes · 83.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested17%of 503 · combined
Steepest move+18 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019631969
1969–70 · 91st · Republican · of 86 votes31.4%

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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 · 86 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

88th · 196391st · 1969
Republican88th–91st

Party switchers

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