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Oscar Stanton De Priest

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1929–1935ID D000263
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 172 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 172 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓1929
1933–3473rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.5%with Democrats
of 80 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, −5 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
Jun 11, 1934S. 2347No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1934H.R. 9459No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1934H.R. 9391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9391), 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
Jun 7, 1934H.R. 392No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1934H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 6, 1934S. 9690No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1934noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1934S. 3404No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 5, 1934H.R. 368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 80 contested votes scored in the 73rd 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
71st · 192973rd · 1933
Republican · House · IL71st–73rd
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
OP

Oscar Stanton De Priest

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1929–19353 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
9.9%with Democrats
of 172 votes · 90.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 172 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1931→33, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019291933
1933–34 · 73rd · Republican · of 80 votes7.5%

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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 · 80 contested votes scored in the 73rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

71st · 192973rd · 1933
Republican71st–73rd

Party switchers

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