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William Allan Oldfield

Representative from Arkansas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1909–1929ID O000062
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 1,141 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 1,141 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1917 → 1919
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 ↓1909191519211927
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.7%with Democrats
of 23 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, +7 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
May 25, 1928H.R. 5773No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 22, 1928H.R. 7900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 22, 1928H.R. 5681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5681), 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
May 14, 1928S. 3555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 3, 1928S. 3555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 3, 1928S. 3555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 24, 1928S. 3740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 24, 1928H.R. 3740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 11, 1928H.J.Res. 200No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 23 contested votes scored in the 70th 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

10 Congresses
61st · 190970th · 1927
Democrat · House · AR61st–70th
Term datesexact
Members · Arkansas
WO

William Allan Oldfield

Representative from Arkansas
HOUSED1909–192910 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Democrats
of 1,141 votes · 6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 1,141 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1917→19, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019091927
1927–28 · 70th · Democrat · of 23 votes95.7%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 23 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

61st · 190970th · 1927
Democrat61st–70th

Party switchers

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