Speedy Oteria Long

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1965–1973ID L000429

LegislationHEADLINE

31%with Dems

of 453 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

31%with Dems

of 453 · both combined

Steepest move

+14 pts

1967 → 1969

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 ↓19651971

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

40%with Democrats

of 75 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +14 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

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 12006No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1972H.R. 16654No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 14989No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14989), 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

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 16754No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 16593No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 14370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 16987No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 11, 1972S.J.Res. 247No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 75 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

4 Congresses

89th · 196592nd · 1971

Democrat · House · LA89th–92nd

Term datesexact

Speedy Oteria Long

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSED1965–19734 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

31.3%with Democrats

of 453 votes · 68.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested31%of 453 · combined

Steepest move+14 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019651971

1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 75 votes40%

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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 · 75 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

89th · 196592nd · 1971

Democrat89th–92nd

Party switchers

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