EE
Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards
Senator from LouisianaSENATEDEMOCRAT1971–1973ID E000068
LegislationHEADLINE
20%with Dems
of 41 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
20%with Dems
of 41 · both combined
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 ↓1971
1971–7292nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
19.5%with Democrats
of 41 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 12, 1972noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1972H.R. 13915LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 11, 1972H.R. 13915LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13915), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Oct 10, 1972H.R. 13915LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 6, 1972noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1972H.R. 1LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1972H.R. 1LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1972H.R. 1LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 5, 1972H.R. 1LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 92nd CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
1 Congresses92nd · 1971
Democrat · Senate · LA92nd–92nd
Term datesexact