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John Edward Bouligny

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1859–1861ID B000665
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LegislationHEADLINE
70%with Dems
of 197 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
70%with Dems
of 197 · both combined

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 ↓1859
1859–6036th Congress
Sat under another party label
70.1%with Democrats
of 197 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 2, 1861H.R. 902No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 971No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 971), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1010No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 899No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1861H.J.Res. 81No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 197 contested votes scored in the 36th 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

1 Congresses
36th · 1859
Other party · House · LA36th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
JB

John Edward Bouligny

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEO1859–18611 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
70.1%with Democrats
of 197 votes · 29.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested70%of 197 · combined

Career arc

10050018591859
1859–60 · 36th · Other party · of 197 votes70.1%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 197 contested votes scored in the 36th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185936th · 1859
Other party36th–36th

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