JE
Joseph Barton Elam
Representative from LouisianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1877–1881ID E000100
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 490 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 490 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1877 → 1879
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 ↓1877
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.2%with Democrats
of 246 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −3 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 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881S. 365LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 365), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881H.R. 7255LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 246 contested votes scored in the 46th 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
2 Congresses45th · 187746th · 1879
Democrat · House · LA45th–46th
Term datesexact