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Preston Elmer Peden

Representative from Oklahoma
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1949ID P000182
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 69 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 69 · both combined

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 ↓1947
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.3%with Democrats
of 69 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Aug 7, 1948H.Res. 711No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 7, 1948H.Res. 709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1948S.J.Res. 157No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 157), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Aug 4, 1948H.Res. 707No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1948H.R. 6481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1948H.Res. 685No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 16, 1948H.R. 6355No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 16, 1948H.R. 6935No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1948H.R. 5883No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 69 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

1 Congresses
80th · 1947
Democrat · House · OK80th–80th
Term datesexact
Members · Oklahoma
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Preston Elmer Peden

Representative from Oklahoma
HOUSED1947–19491 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.3%with Democrats
of 69 votes · 8.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 69 · combined

Career arc

10050019471947
1947–48 · 80th · Democrat · of 69 votes91.3%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 69 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194780th · 1947
Democrat80th–80th

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