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Dewey Follett Bartlett

Senator from Oklahoma
SENATEREPUBLICAN1973–1979ID B000200
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LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 1,377 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 1,377 · both combined
Steepest move
+2 pts
1975 → 1977
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 ↓1973
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Republican
5.9%with Democrats
of 422 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1975 → 1977, +2 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13750No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 9937No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13511), 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
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.J.Res. 1139No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 5263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 5263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 5263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 422 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance6.7% · 165 votes
Government Operations and Politics5.8% · 138 votes
Energy2.4% · 124 votes
Taxation6% · 83 votes
Armed Forces and National Security1.4% · 73 votes
Law3.2% · 63 votes
International Affairs3.3% · 60 votes
Congress19.1% · 47 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources4.8% · 42 votes
Agriculture and Food5% · 40 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance7.9% · 38 votes
Commerce3.7% · 27 votes
Animals0% · 26 votes
Labor and Employment0% · 24 votes
Transportation and Public Works0% · 24 votes
Depletion allowances8.7% · 23 votes
Education0% · 22 votes
Environmental Protection0% · 22 votes
Social Welfare9.5% · 21 votes
Health0% · 18 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 17 votes
Power resources0% · 17 votes
Independent regulatory commissions6.3% · 16 votes
Finance and Financial Sector7.1% · 14 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations0% · 11 votes
Political participation0% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Political representation— · 9 votes
Automobile insurance— · 8 votes
Income tax— · 8 votes
Public works— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 8 votes
Economic stabilization— · 7 votes
Age and employment— · 6 votes
Intergovernmental relations— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 5 votes
Day care— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Mortgages— · 5 votes
Credit— · 4 votes
Embargo— · 4 votes
Industrial relations— · 4 votes
Petroleum industry— · 4 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 4 votes
Heating— · 3 votes
International monetary system— · 3 votes
Motor vehicles— · 3 votes
Range management— · 3 votes
District of Columbia— · 2 votes
Government publications— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1 vote
Commemorations— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Conservation of natural resources— · 1 vote
Disaster relief— · 1 vote
Federal advisory bodies— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1 vote
Lobbying— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Ships and shipping— · 1 vote
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1 vote

They also voted in 44 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Amnesties, Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Child welfare, Congressional-executive relations, Dairy industry, Disabled, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Gambling, Gold, Government corporations, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Immigration, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Municipal finance, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

3 Congresses
93rd · 197395th · 1977
Republican · Senate · OK93rd–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Oklahoma
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Dewey Follett Bartlett

Senator from Oklahoma
SENATER1973–19793 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
4.9%with Democrats
of 1,377 votes · 95.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested5%of 1,377 · combined
Steepest move+2 pts1975→77, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019731977
1977–78 · 95th · Republican · of 422 votes5.9%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 422 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance6.7% · 165
Government Operations and Politics5.8% · 138
Energy2.4% · 124
Taxation6% · 83
Armed Forces and National Security1.4% · 73
Law3.2% · 63
International Affairs3.3% · 60
Congress19.1% · 47
Public Lands and Natural Resources4.8% · 42
Agriculture and Food5% · 40
Foreign Trade and International Finance7.9% · 38
Commerce3.7% · 27
Animals0% · 26
Labor and Employment0% · 24
Transportation and Public Works0% · 24
Depletion allowances8.7% · 23
Education0% · 22
Environmental Protection0% · 22
Social Welfare9.5% · 21
Health0% · 18
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 17
Power resources0% · 17
Independent regulatory commissions6.3% · 16
Finance and Financial Sector7.1% · 14
Congressional-Presidential relations0% · 11
Political participation0% · 10
Political representation— · 9
Automobile insurance— · 8
Income tax— · 8
Public works— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Solar heating and cooling— · 8
Economic stabilization— · 7
Age and employment— · 6
Intergovernmental relations— · 6
Black lung— · 5
Constitutional amendments— · 5
Day care— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Mortgages— · 5
Credit— · 4
Embargo— · 4
Industrial relations— · 4
Petroleum industry— · 4
Territories (U.S.)— · 4
Heating— · 3
International monetary system— · 3
Motor vehicles— · 3
Range management— · 3
District of Columbia— · 2
Government publications— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Mines and mineral resources— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1
Commemorations— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Conservation of natural resources— · 1
Disaster relief— · 1
Federal advisory bodies— · 1
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1
Lobbying— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Ships and shipping— · 1
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1

Also voted in 44 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Amnesties, Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Child welfare, Congressional-executive relations, Dairy industry, Disabled, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Gambling, Gold, Government corporations, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Immigration, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Municipal finance, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

Service record

93rd · 197395th · 1977
Republican93rd–95th

Party switchers

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