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Patrick Thomson Caffery

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1969–1973ID C000017
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LegislationHEADLINE
44%with Dems
of 284 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
44%with Dems
of 284 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1969 → 1971
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 ↓1969
1971–7292nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
46.9%with Democrats
of 175 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, +6 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
Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1972H.R. 12006No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16810), 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
Oct 6, 1972H.R. 16656No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1972H.R. 16656No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1972H.Res. 1145No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1972S. 1316No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1972S. 1316No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1972S. 1316No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 175 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

2 Congresses
91st · 196992nd · 1971
Democrat · House · LA91st–92nd
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
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Patrick Thomson Caffery

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSED1969–19732 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
44.4%with Democrats
of 284 votes · 55.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested44%of 284 · combined
Steepest move+6 pts1969→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019691971
1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 175 votes46.9%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 175 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

91st · 196992nd · 1971
Democrat91st–92nd

Party switchers

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