Charles Jahleal Boatner

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1889–1897ID B000580

LegislationHEADLINE

84%with Dems

of 467 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

84%with Dems

of 467 · both combined

Steepest move

+12 pts

1891 → 1893

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 ↓18891895

1895–9654th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

88.9%with Democrats

of 27 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, +12 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

Feb 27, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10090No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1897S. 3547No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3547), 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

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Feb 25, 1897H.R. 849No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 22, 1897H.R. 10329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 19, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 19, 1897H.Res. 533No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 9, 1897H.R. 7864No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 27, 1897H.R. 7864No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 27 contested votes scored in the 54th 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

4 Congresses

51st · 188954th · 1895

Democrat · House · LA51st–54th

Term datesexact

Charles Jahleal Boatner

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSED1889–18974 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

83.7%with Democrats

of 467 votes · 16.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested84%of 467 · combined

Steepest move+12 pts1891→93, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018891895

1895–96 · 54th · Democrat · of 27 votes88.9%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 27 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188954th · 1895

Democrat51st–54th

Party switchers

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