JF
Joachim Octave Fernández
Representative from LouisianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1931–1941ID F000086
LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 366 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 366 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1935 → 1937
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 ↓19311937
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87%with Democrats
of 100 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, +8 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
Nov 19, 1940H.Con.Res. 93LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Nov 19, 1940H.R. 960LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1940H.R. 10127LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10127), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jun 22, 1940H.R. 5138LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 21, 1940H.J.Res. 544LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1940H.R. 8202LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1940H.R. 8202LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1940H.R. 9381LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1940H.J.Res. 556LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 76th 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
5 Congresses72nd · 193176th · 1939
Democrat · House · LA72nd–76th
Term datesexact