Edward James Gay

Senator from Louisiana

SENATEDEMOCRAT1917–1921ID G000104

LegislationHEADLINE

88%with Dems

of 243 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

88%with Dems

of 243 · both combined

Steepest move

−9 pts

1917 → 1919

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 ↓1917

1919–2066th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

86.8%with Democrats

of 219 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, −9 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, 1921H.R. 15894No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15894No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15975No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15975), 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

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Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1921H.R. 517No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1921H.R. 15275No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1921H.R. 15422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1921H.R. 15935No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 219 contested votes scored in the 66th 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

2 Congresses

65th · 191766th · 1919

Democrat · Senate · LA65th–66th

Term datesexact

Edward James Gay

Senator from Louisiana

SENATED1917–19212 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

87.7%with Democrats

of 243 votes · 12.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested88%of 243 · combined

Steepest move−9 pts1917→19, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019171919

1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 219 votes86.8%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 219 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191766th · 1919

Democrat65th–66th

Party switchers

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