Overton Brooks

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1937–1963ID B000884

LegislationHEADLINE

74%with Dems

of 1,055 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

74%with Dems

of 1,055 · both combined

Steepest move

−21 pts

1959 → 1961

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 ↓19371943194919551961

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

43.2%with Democrats

of 44 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −21 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

Sep 13, 1961H.R. 7576No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 13, 1961H.R. 9706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 13, 1961H.R. 7371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7371), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

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Sep 6, 1961H.R. 9000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 5, 1961H.R. 9033No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 5, 1961H.R. 9033No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 31, 1961S. 1983No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 30, 1961H.R. 8890No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 24, 1961H.R. 84No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 44 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

13 Congresses

75th · 193787th · 1961

Democrat · House · LA75th–87th

Term datesexact

Overton Brooks

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSED1937–196313 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

74.3%with Democrats

of 1,055 votes · 25.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested74%of 1,055 · combined

Steepest move−21 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019371961

1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 44 votes43.2%

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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 · 44 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193787th · 1961

Democrat75th–87th

Party switchers

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