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Louis Leon Ludlow

Representative from Indiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1929–1949ID L000501
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LegislationHEADLINE
62%with Dems
of 818 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
62%with Dems
of 818 · both combined
Steepest move
+21 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓1929193519411947
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 13 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, +21 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
Jun 19, 1948S. 2655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6771No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 16, 1948H.R. 6935No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6935), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
May 26, 1948H.R. 6556No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 26, 1948H.R. 6556No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 26, 1948H.Res. 608No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 26, 1948H.Res. 608No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 19, 1948H.R. 5852No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 13, 1948H.J.Res. 342No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 13 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

10 Congresses
71st · 192980th · 1947
Democrat · House · IN71st–80th
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
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Louis Leon Ludlow

Representative from Indiana
HOUSED1929–194910 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
62.1%with Democrats
of 818 votes · 37.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested62%of 818 · combined
Steepest move+21 pts1945→47, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019291947
1947–48 · 80th · Democrat · of 13 votes100%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 13 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

71st · 192980th · 1947
Democrat71st–80th

Party switchers

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