Elijah Lewis Forrester

Representative from Georgia

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1951–1965ID F000283

LegislationHEADLINE

58%with Dems

of 594 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

58%with Dems

of 594 · both combined

Steepest move

+29 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 ↓195119571963

1963–6488th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

57.1%with Democrats

of 63 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +29 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

Aug 19, 1964H.R. 11926No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 19, 1964H.Res. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 18, 1964H.R. 8000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8000), 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

Open roll call

Aug 18, 1964H.R. 1839No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 17, 1964H.R. 6242No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 17, 1964H.Con.Res. 343No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 14, 1964H.Res. 663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 12, 1964S. 1627No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 12, 1964H.Res. 836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 88th 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

7 Congresses

82nd · 195188th · 1963

Democrat · House · GA82nd–88th

Term datesexact

Elijah Lewis Forrester

Representative from Georgia

HOUSED1951–19657 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

58.1%with Democrats

of 594 votes · 41.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested58%of 594 · combined

Steepest move+29 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019511963

1963–64 · 88th · Democrat · of 63 votes57.1%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 88th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

82nd · 195188th · 1963

Democrat82nd–88th

Party switchers

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