BO
Barratt O'Hara
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1969ID O000053
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 1,017 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 1,017 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1955 → 1957
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 ↓1949195519611967
1967–6890th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.3%with Democrats
of 148 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, −8 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 10, 1968H.R. 19908LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 17735LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1968S.J.Res. 175LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 175), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Oct 9, 1968H.Res. 1315LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1968H.Res. 1315LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 7, 1968H.R. 19910LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 3, 1968H.R. 18037LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 3, 1968H.R. 18037LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 3, 1968H.R. 18037LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 148 contested votes scored in the 90th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
9 Congresses81st · 194990th · 1967
Democrat · House · IL81st–90th
Term datesexact