James Hobson Morrison

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1943–1967ID M000995

LegislationHEADLINE

87%with Dems

of 1,003 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

87%with Dems

of 1,003 · both combined

Steepest move

+26 pts

1943 → 1945

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 ↓1943194919551961

1965–6689th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

93.1%with Democrats

of 144 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, +26 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 21, 1966H.R. 18381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 21, 1966H.R. 14644No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13103), 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

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Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 15111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 20, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 144 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

12 Congresses

78th · 194389th · 1965

Democrat · House · LA78th–89th

Term datesexact

James Hobson Morrison

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSED1943–196712 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

86.8%with Democrats

of 1,003 votes · 13.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested87%of 1,003 · combined

Steepest move+26 pts1943→45, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019431965

1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 144 votes93.1%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 144 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194389th · 1965

Democrat78th–89th

Party switchers

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