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René Louis De Rouen

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1927–1941ID D000265
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 499 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 499 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1929 → 1931
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 ↓192719331939
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.7%with Democrats
of 117 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, +18 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 14, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1940H.R. 10361No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 11, 1940S. 3550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3550), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 30, 1940H.Res. 528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 28, 1940H.Res. 530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

7 Congresses
70th · 192776th · 1939
Democrat · House · LA70th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
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René Louis De Rouen

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSED1927–19417 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Democrats
of 499 votes · 10% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 499 · combined
Steepest move+18 pts1929→31, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019271939
1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 117 votes89.7%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

70th · 192776th · 1939
Democrat70th–76th

Party switchers

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