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Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1943ID Y000059
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 218 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 218 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
1939 → 1941
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 ↓1939
1941–4277th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.5%with Democrats
of 61 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, +1 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
Oct 17, 1942H.R. 7528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1942H.R. 1024No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1942H.Res. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 110), 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
Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 23, 1942H.Res. 528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 23, 1942H.Res. 528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 77th 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
76th · 193977th · 1941
Republican · House · MN76th–77th
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
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Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSER1939–19432 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
10.6%with Democrats
of 218 votes · 89.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 218 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts1939→41, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391941
1941–42 · 77th · Republican · of 61 votes11.5%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193977th · 1941
Republican76th–77th

Party switchers

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