EB
Eugene Black
Representative from TexasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1915–1929ID B000495
LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 707 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 707 · both combined
Steepest move
+20 pts
1919 → 1921
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 ↓191519211927
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78.4%with Democrats
of 37 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1919 → 1921, +20 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, 1929H.J.Res. 402LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1929S.J.Res. 132LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1929S. 2901LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2901), 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
Feb 25, 1929H.R. 17223LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1929H.R. 15089LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1929S. 1462LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1929H.R. 16926LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 8, 1929H.R. 16714LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1929S. 1347LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 37 contested votes scored in the 70th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
7 Congresses64th · 191570th · 1927
Democrat · House · TX64th–70th
Term datesexact