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Lloyd Thurston

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1925–1939ID T000257
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LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 452 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 452 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1931 → 1933
still a Republican

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 ↓192519311937
1937–3875th Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.5%with Democrats
of 86 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, −16 pts — within one party label.
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
Jun 15, 1938H.R. 10530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 14, 1938H.R. 92No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1938H.J.Res. 679No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 679), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jun 14, 1938H.J.Res. 679No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1938S. 2475No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 9, 1938H.R. 482No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 9, 1938H.R. 482No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 8, 1938H.R. 10851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 12, 1938H.J.Res. 679No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 86 contested votes scored in the 75th 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

7 Congresses
69th · 192575th · 1937
Republican · House · IA69th–75th
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
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Lloyd Thurston

Representative from Iowa
HOUSER1925–19397 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Democrats
of 452 votes · 79% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested21%of 452 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1931→33, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019251937
1937–38 · 75th · Republican · of 86 votes10.5%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 86 contested votes scored in the 75th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

69th · 192575th · 1937
Republican69th–75th

Party switchers

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