Allen Joseph Ellender

Senator from Louisiana

SENATEDEMOCRAT1937–1973ID E000112

LegislationHEADLINE

64%with Dems

of 2,979 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

64%with Dems

of 2,979 · both combined

Steepest move

−21 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓193719431949195519611967

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

49.2%with Democrats

of 254 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −21 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

Jul 27, 1972H.R. 15690No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 26, 1972H.R. 13324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 21, 1972S. 1991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1991), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jul 21, 1972S. 1991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 20, 1972S. 1861No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 20, 1972S. 1861No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 20, 1972S. 1861No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 20, 1972S. 1861No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 254 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

18 Congresses

75th · 193792nd · 1971

Democrat · Senate · LA75th–92nd

Term datesexact

Allen Joseph Ellender

Senator from Louisiana

SENATED1937–197318 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

64.1%with Democrats

of 2,979 votes · 35.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested64%of 2,979 · combined

Steepest move−21 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019371971

1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 254 votes49.2%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 254 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193792nd · 1971

Democrat75th–92nd

Party switchers

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