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Odin Elsford Stanley Langen

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1959–1971ID L000069
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LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 776 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 776 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1961 → 1963
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 ↓19591965
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.1%with Democrats
of 99 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1961 → 1963, −10 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 22, 1970H.R. 19953No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1970H.R. 17867No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 14, 1970H.Res. 1306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 1306), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Dec 10, 1970H.Res. 1303No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 8, 1970H.R. 17755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1970H.Res. 1282No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 7, 1970noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 2, 1970H.Res. 1271No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 1, 1970H.R. 19333No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 99 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

6 Congresses
86th · 195991st · 1969
Republican · House · MN86th–91st
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
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Odin Elsford Stanley Langen

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSER1959–19716 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Democrats
of 776 votes · 91% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested9%of 776 · combined
Steepest move−10 pts1961→63, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019591969
1969–70 · 91st · Republican · of 99 votes11.1%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 99 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

86th · 195991st · 1969
Republican86th–91st

Party switchers

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