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Samuel Douglas McEnery
Senator from LouisianaSENATEDEMOCRAT1897–1911ID M000429
LegislationHEADLINE
52%with Dems
of 525 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
52%with Dems
of 525 · both combined
Steepest move
−40 pts
1907 → 1909
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 ↓189719031909
1909–1061st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
33.3%with Democrats
of 108 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1907 → 1909, −40 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 22, 1910S. 4501LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1910S. 5876LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1910S. 5876LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 5876), 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
Jun 21, 1910S. 5876LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 21, 1910S. 5876LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 21, 1910S. 5876LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1910H.R. 7117LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1910H.R. 17536LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 16, 1910H.R. 18166LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 108 contested votes scored in the 61st 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
7 Congresses55th · 189761st · 1909
Democrat · Senate · LA55th–61st
Term datesexact