JE
James Biddle Eustis
Senator from LouisianaSENATEDEMOCRAT1877–1891ID E000229
LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 727 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 727 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1877 → 1885
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 ↓187718831889
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90%with Democrats
of 150 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1885, +5 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, 1891H.R. 13658LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13658), 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
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1891noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13658LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1891H.R. 13462LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1891S. 4827LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1891H.R. 8150LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 150 contested votes scored in the 51st 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
4 Congresses45th · 187751st · 1889
Democrat · Senate · LA45th–51st
Term datesexact