Edwin Sidney Broussard

Senator from Louisiana

SENATEDEMOCRAT1921–1933ID B000895

LegislationHEADLINE

46%with Dems

of 963 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

46%with Dems

of 963 · both combined

Steepest move

−45 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 ↓19211927

1931–3272nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

43.9%with Democrats

of 66 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −45 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 1, 1933S.Res. 375No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1933H.R. 14359No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 211), 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 15, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 4, 1933H.R. 13520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jan 30, 1933H.R. 13520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jan 24, 1933S. 4412No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jan 24, 1933S. 4412No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 21, 1933S. 4412No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

6 Congresses

67th · 192172nd · 1931

Democrat · Senate · LA67th–72nd

Term datesexact

Edwin Sidney Broussard

Senator from Louisiana

SENATED1921–19336 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

46.3%with Democrats

of 963 votes · 53.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested46%of 963 · combined

Steepest move−45 pts1927→29, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019211931

1931–32 · 72nd · Democrat · of 66 votes43.9%

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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 · 66 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192172nd · 1931

Democrat67th–72nd

Party switchers

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