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Boyd Anderson Tackett

Representative from Arkansas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1953ID T000005
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LegislationHEADLINE
60%with Dems
of 212 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
60%with Dems
of 212 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓1949
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
64.6%with Democrats
of 79 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, +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 23, 1952H.R. 7005No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 30, 1952H.R. 6839No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 4, 1952H.R. 7289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7289), 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
Apr 4, 1952H.R. 7289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 4, 1952H.R. 7289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 4, 1952H.Res. 561No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 2, 1952H.Res. 591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 31, 1952H.R. 6661No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 31, 1952S. 1415No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 79 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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
81st · 194982nd · 1951
Democrat · House · AR81st–82nd
Term datesexact
Members · Arkansas
BT

Boyd Anderson Tackett

Representative from Arkansas
HOUSED1949–19532 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
59.9%with Democrats
of 212 votes · 40.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested60%of 212 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1949→51, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491951
1951–52 · 82nd · Democrat · of 79 votes64.6%

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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 · 79 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194982nd · 1951
Democrat81st–82nd

Party switchers

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