LJ
Luther Alexander Johnson
Representative from TexasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1923–1947ID J000159
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 1,025 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 1,025 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓1923192919351941
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.2%with Democrats
of 95 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −10 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 16, 1946H.R. 6739LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 13, 1946S.J.Res. 138LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 13, 1946S.J.Res. 138LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 138), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jul 12, 1946H.R. 6777LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 11, 1946H.R. 6739LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 10, 1946noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 10, 1946noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 9, 1946H.R. 5452LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 9, 1946H.R. 6407LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 79th 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
12 Congresses68th · 192379th · 1945
Democrat · House · TX68th–79th
Term datesexact