Rep. Lyle Boren

Former Representative for Oklahoma’s 4^th District

Boren was the representative for Oklahoma’s 4^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1937 to 1946.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Lyle Boren [D-OK4, 1937-1946]

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1937 to Aug 1946, Boren missed 66 of 923 roll call votes, which is 7.2%. This is worse than the median of 4.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Aug 1946. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1937 Jan-Mar	19	4	21.1%	73^rd
1937 Apr-Jun	41	3	7.3%	26^th
1937 Jul-Aug	28	4	14.3%	40^th
1937 Dec-Dec	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	61	4	6.6%	67^th
1939 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	42	1	2.4%	40^th
1939 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Oct-Nov	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Apr-Jun	63	3	4.8%	64^th
1940 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Oct-Dec	10	2	20.0%	57^th
1941 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jul-Aug	16	1	6.2%	70^th
1941 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	2	18.2%	70^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	2	40.0%	90^th
1943 Jan-Mar	17	1	5.9%	25^th
1943 Apr-Jun	49	4	8.2%	58^th
1943 Jul-Sep	13	1	7.7%	65^th
1943 Oct-Dec	12	6	50.0%	98^th
1944 Jan-Mar	23	1	4.3%	33^rd
1944 Apr-Jun	32	20	62.5%	99^th
1944 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	7	1	14.3%	36^th
1945 Jan-Mar	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	22	2	9.1%	87^th
1946 Jan-Mar	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	53	4	7.5%	82^nd
1946 Jul-Aug	43	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

Rep. Lyle Boren

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

Primary Sources