George Shannon Long

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1953–1959ID L000416

LegislationHEADLINE

79%with Dems

of 165 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

79%with Dems

of 165 · both combined

Steepest move

+12 pts

1955 → 1957

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 ↓1953

1957–5885th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

86.7%with Democrats

of 60 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, +12 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

Mar 19, 1958S. 3262No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 19, 1958S.Con.Res. 68No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 19, 1958S.Con.Res. 69No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.Con.Res. 69), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 11, 1958S. 497No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 11, 1958S. 497No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 6, 1958H.R. 8002No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 6, 1958H.R. 8002No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1958H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 19, 1958H.J.Res. 2No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 60 contested votes scored in the 85th 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

3 Congresses

83rd · 195385th · 1957

Democrat · House · LA83rd–85th

Term datesexact

George Shannon Long

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSED1953–19593 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

79.4%with Democrats

of 165 votes · 20.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested79%of 165 · combined

Steepest move+12 pts1955→57, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019531957

1957–58 · 85th · Democrat · of 60 votes86.7%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 60 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

83rd · 195385th · 1957

Democrat83rd–85th

Party switchers

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