Felix Edward Hébert

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1941–1977ID H000437

LegislationHEADLINE

48%with Dems

of 2,000 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

48%with Dems

of 2,000 · both combined

Steepest move

−43 pts

1963 → 1965

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 ↓194119471953195919651971

1975–7694th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

23.9%with Democrats

of 381 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −43 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 14232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14232), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Sep 29, 1976H.R. 13655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 28, 1976H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 28, 1976H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 28, 1976H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 28, 1976H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 28, 1976S. 521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 381 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance25.2% · 111 votes

Congress42% · 69 votes

Energy9.8% · 51 votes

Government Operations and Politics18% · 50 votes

Armed Forces and National Security24% · 25 votes

Agriculture and Food38.1% · 21 votes

International Affairs52.6% · 19 votes

Taxation11.1% · 18 votes

Labor and Employment12.5% · 16 votes

Transportation and Public Works40% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Commerce— · 9 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 9 votes

District of Columbia— · 9 votes

Health— · 9 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 9 votes

Education— · 8 votes

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes

Depletion allowances— · 7 votes

Environmental Protection— · 7 votes

Law— · 7 votes

Finance and Financial Sector— · 6 votes

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes

Mines and mineral resources— · 6 votes

Mortgages— · 6 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 5 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Political participation— · 4 votes

Private Legislation— · 4 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 4 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes

Credit— · 3 votes

International economic relations— · 3 votes

Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes

Revenue sharing— · 3 votes

Social Welfare— · 3 votes

Executive reorganization— · 2 votes

Life insurance— · 2 votes

Lobbying— · 2 votes

Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes

Petroleum industry— · 2 votes

Power resources— · 2 votes

Printing— · 2 votes

Public works— · 2 votes

Youth— · 2 votes

Coins and coinage— · 1 vote

Conferences— · 1 vote

Congressional oversight— · 1 vote

Constitutional amendments— · 1 vote

Day care— · 1 vote

Disabled— · 1 vote

Gold— · 1 vote

Government corporations— · 1 vote

Heating— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote

Lakes— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Motor vehicles— · 1 vote

Noise— · 1 vote

Postal service— · 1 vote

Real property— · 1 vote

Right to counsel— · 1 vote

Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 48 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Industrial relations, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Refugees, Right of privacy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Water Resources Development, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

18 Congresses

77th · 194194th · 1975

Democrat · House · LA77th–94th

Term datesexact

Felix Edward Hébert

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSED1941–197718 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

48.1%with Democrats

of 2,000 votes · 52% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested48%of 2,000 · combined

Steepest move−43 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019411975

1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 381 votes23.9%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 381 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance25.2% · 111

Congress42% · 69

Energy9.8% · 51

Government Operations and Politics18% · 50

Armed Forces and National Security24% · 25

Agriculture and Food38.1% · 21

International Affairs52.6% · 19

Taxation11.1% · 18

Labor and Employment12.5% · 16

Transportation and Public Works40% · 10

Commerce— · 9

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 9

District of Columbia— · 9

Health— · 9

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 9

Education— · 8

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8

Depletion allowances— · 7

Environmental Protection— · 7

Law— · 7

Finance and Financial Sector— · 6

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6

Mines and mineral resources— · 6

Mortgages— · 6

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 5

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5

Housing and Community Development— · 5

Commemorations— · 4

Political participation— · 4

Private Legislation— · 4

Vietnamese Conflict— · 4

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3

Congressional-executive relations— · 3

Credit— · 3

International economic relations— · 3

Postal rates and revenues— · 3

Revenue sharing— · 3

Social Welfare— · 3

Executive reorganization— · 2

Life insurance— · 2

Lobbying— · 2

Monuments and memorials— · 2

Petroleum industry— · 2

Power resources— · 2

Printing— · 2

Public works— · 2

Youth— · 2

Coins and coinage— · 1

Conferences— · 1

Congressional oversight— · 1

Constitutional amendments— · 1

Day care— · 1

Disabled— · 1

Gold— · 1

Government corporations— · 1

Heating— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Intergovernmental relations— · 1

Lakes— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Motor vehicles— · 1

Noise— · 1

Postal service— · 1

Real property— · 1

Right to counsel— · 1

Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 48 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Industrial relations, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Refugees, Right of privacy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Water Resources Development, Witnesses.

Service record

77th · 194194th · 1975

Democrat77th–94th

Party switchers

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