Randall Lee Gibson

Senator from Louisiana

SENATEDEMOCRAT1875–1893ID G000165

LegislationHEADLINE

81%with Dems

of 1,111 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

81%with Dems

of 1,111 · both combined

Steepest move

+15 pts

1881 → 1883

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 ↓187518811887

1891–9252nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

85.7%with Democrats

of 14 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, +15 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

Jul 28, 1892H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 27, 1892S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 19, 1892H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7845), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jul 15, 1892H.R. 9040No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 14, 1892H.R. 7520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 14, 1892H.R. 7520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 13, 1892H.R. 7520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 13, 1892H.R. 7520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 13, 1892H.R. 7520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 14 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

9 Congresses

44th · 187548th · 188352nd · 1891

Democrat · House · LA44th–47th

Democrat · Senate · LA48th–52nd

Term datesexact

Randall Lee Gibson

Senator from Louisiana

SENATED1875–18939 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

81.5%with Democrats

of 1,111 votes · 18.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested81%of 1,111 · combined

Steepest move+15 pts1881→83, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018751891

1891–92 · 52nd · Democrat · of 14 votes85.7%

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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 · 14 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187552nd · 1891

Democrat44th–47th

Democrat48th–52nd

Party switchers

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