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Asa Leonard Allen

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1937–1953ID A000114
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LegislationHEADLINE
75%with Dems
of 716 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
75%with Dems
of 716 · both combined
Steepest move
−19 pts
1949 → 1951
still a Democrat

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 ↓193719431949
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
51.6%with Democrats
of 64 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, −19 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 17, 1952H.R. 7800No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 12, 1952H.R. 8120No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 11, 1952H.J.Res. 477No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 477), 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
Jun 9, 1952S. 97No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1952H.R. 7005No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1952H.R. 7656No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 26, 1952H.R. 6811No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 23, 1952H.R. 7005No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 23, 1952H.R. 7005No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 64 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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

8 Congresses
75th · 193782nd · 1951
Democrat · House · LA75th–82nd
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
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Asa Leonard Allen

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSED1937–19538 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
74.6%with Democrats
of 716 votes · 25.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested75%of 716 · combined
Steepest move−19 pts1949→51, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019371951
1951–52 · 82nd · Democrat · of 64 votes51.6%

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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 · 64 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193782nd · 1951
Democrat75th–82nd

Party switchers

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