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Lyle Boren

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 11, 1909 near Waxahachie, TX
Died: July 2, 1992 in Oklahoma City, OK

Education:

  • East Central College, B.A., 1930
  • Graduated from Oklahoma A&M College

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve

Career:

  • School teacher, 1930-1935
  • Businessman/farmer

Other notes:

  • Father of David Boren, grandfather of Dan Boren


Election Results for Lyle Boren


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 27 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 2 12,793 19.4%
1936 27 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 1 37,353 56.6%
1936 27 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 63,306 72.7%
1938 29 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 50,662 68.6%
1938 29 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 44,233 71.6%
1940 31 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 47,942 67.9%
1940 31 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 69,040 71.1%
1942 33 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 21,803 43.1%
1942 33 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 23,921 56.8%
1944 35 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 16,455 47.9%
1944 35 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 47,733 61.7%
1946 37 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 15,761 30.1%
1946 37 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 2 19,602 38.6%
1948 39 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 11,383 24.7%
1948 39 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 2 12,400 31.9%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Lyle Boren


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1937 28 House 56 29 D 87
1938 29 House 64 14 D 80
1939 30 House 61 12 D 74
1940 31 House 61 23 D 80
1941 32 House 57 15 D 74
1942 33 House 30 65 D 92
1943 34 House 52 40 D 82
1944 35 House 23 33 D 54
1945 36 House 28 18 D 40
1946 37 House 13 36 D 43


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.