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John Edwards Leonard

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1877–1879ID L000247
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LegislationHEADLINE
26%with Dems
of 34 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
26%with Dems
of 34 · both combined

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 ↓1877
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
26.5%with Democrats
of 34 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Feb 28, 1878H.R. 1093No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1878H.R. 257No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1878noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Feb 21, 1878H.R. 1093No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1878H.R. 1093No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1878H.R. 1093No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1878H.R. 1077No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1878noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 11, 1878H.R. 1895No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 34 contested votes scored in the 45th 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

1 Congresses
45th · 1877
Republican · House · LA45th–45th
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
JL

John Edwards Leonard

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSER1877–18791 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
26.5%with Democrats
of 34 votes · 73.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested26%of 34 · combined

Career arc

10050018771877
1877–78 · 45th · Republican · of 34 votes26.5%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 34 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187745th · 1877
Republican45th–45th

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