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Robert Foligny Broussard

Senator from Louisiana
SENATEDEMOCRAT1897–1919ID B000896
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LegislationHEADLINE
76%with Dems
of 692 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
76%with Dems
of 692 · both combined
Steepest move
−26 pts
1907 → 1909
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 ↓1897190319091915
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
71.7%with Democrats
of 46 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1907 → 1909, −26 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
Jun 28, 1918H.R. 12281No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 7, 1917S.J.Res. 111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 15, 1917H.R. 5901No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5901), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Sep 10, 1917H.R. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 10, 1917H.R. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 10, 1917H.R. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 10, 1917H.R. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 10, 1917H.R. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 10, 1917H.R. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 46 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

11 Congresses
55th · 189764th · 191565th · 1917
Democrat · House · LA55th–63rd
Democrat · Senate · LA64th–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
RB

Robert Foligny Broussard

Senator from Louisiana
SENATED1897–191911 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
76.2%with Democrats
of 692 votes · 23.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested76%of 692 · combined
Steepest move−26 pts1907→09, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018971917
1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 46 votes71.7%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 46 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189765th · 1917
Democrat55th–63rd
Democrat64th–65th

Party switchers

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