James Benjamin Aswell

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1913–1931ID A000321

LegislationHEADLINE

87%with Dems

of 890 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

87%with Dems

of 890 · both combined

Steepest move

−25 pts

1927 → 1929

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 ↓191319191925

1929–3071st Congress

Sat as a Democrat

60.4%with Democrats

of 53 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −25 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

Mar 3, 1931S. 6255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1931S. 6046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1931H.J.Res. 500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 500), 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

Open roll call

Feb 28, 1931S. 4586No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1931H.R. 12918No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1931S.J.Res. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1931H.J.Res. 292No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

9 Congresses

63rd · 191371st · 1929

Democrat · House · LA63rd–71st

Term datesexact

James Benjamin Aswell

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSED1913–19319 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

87.2%with Democrats

of 890 votes · 12.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested87%of 890 · combined

Steepest move−25 pts1927→29, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019131929

1929–30 · 71st · Democrat · of 53 votes60.4%

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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 · 53 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191371st · 1929

Democrat63rd–71st

Party switchers

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