Murphy James Foster

Senator from Louisiana

SENATEDEMOCRAT1901–1913ID F000310

LegislationHEADLINE

82%with Dems

of 433 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

82%with Dems

of 433 · both combined

Steepest move

−12 pts

1903 → 1905

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 ↓19011907

1911–1262nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

68.6%with Democrats

of 102 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1903 → 1905, −12 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, 1913H.R. 28766No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1913H.R. 27148No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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

Open roll call

Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1913H.R. 28180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 62nd 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

6 Congresses

57th · 190162nd · 1911

Democrat · Senate · LA57th–62nd

Term datesexact

Murphy James Foster

Senator from Louisiana

SENATED1901–19136 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

81.5%with Democrats

of 433 votes · 18.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested82%of 433 · combined

Steepest move−12 pts1903→05, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019011911

1911–12 · 62nd · Democrat · of 102 votes68.6%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

57th · 190162nd · 1911

Democrat57th–62nd

Party switchers

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