JG
John Keller Griffith
Representative from LouisianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1937–1941ID G000469
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 252 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 252 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓1937
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.5%with Democrats
of 156 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, −7 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
Dec 18, 1940H.R. 6324LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Nov 19, 1940H.Con.Res. 93LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Nov 19, 1940H.R. 960LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 960), 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
Oct 8, 1940noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 7, 1940H.R. 960LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1940S. 3936LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1940S. 3936LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1940H.R. 3840LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1940S. 4164LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 156 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
2 Congresses75th · 193776th · 1939
Democrat · House · LA75th–76th
Term datesexact