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Pearl Peden Oldfield

Representative from Arkansas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1927–1931ID O000061
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LegislationHEADLINE
97%with Dems
of 68 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
97%with Dems
of 68 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1927 → 1929
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 ↓1927
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.7%with Democrats
of 60 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −3 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
Mar 3, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1931S. 6255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 6255), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1931S. 6046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1931H.J.Res. 500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1931S. 4586No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1931H.R. 12918No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 60 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

2 Congresses
70th · 192771st · 1929
Democrat · House · AR70th–71st
Term datesexact
Members · Arkansas
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Pearl Peden Oldfield

Representative from Arkansas
HOUSED1927–19312 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
97.1%with Democrats
of 68 votes · 2.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested97%of 68 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1927→29, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019271929
1929–30 · 71st · Democrat · of 60 votes96.7%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 60 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

70th · 192771st · 1929
Democrat70th–71st

Party switchers

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