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James Walter Elder

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1913–1915ID E000102
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LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 61 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 61 · 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 ↓1913
1913–1463rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
77%with Democrats
of 61 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
Feb 16, 1915S. 5259No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1915H.R. 6060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1914H.Res. 656No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 656), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jul 31, 1914noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 30, 1914S. 4628No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 30, 1914S. 4628No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 28, 1914H.R. 17824No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1914S. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1914H.R. 17824No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 63rd 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

1 Congresses
63rd · 1913
Democrat · House · LA63rd–63rd
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
JE

James Walter Elder

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSED1913–19151 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Democrats
of 61 votes · 23% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested77%of 61 · combined

Career arc

10050019131913
1913–14 · 63rd · Democrat · of 61 votes77%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
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Latest 6 shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 63rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191363rd · 1913
Democrat63rd–63rd

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