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John Holmes Overton

Senator from Louisiana
SENATEDEMOCRAT1931–1949ID O000146
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LegislationHEADLINE
71%with Dems
of 890 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
71%with Dems
of 890 · both combined
Steepest move
−31 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓193119371943
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
57.9%with Democrats
of 95 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −31 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
May 13, 1948H.J.Res. 334No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 6, 1948H.R. 6226No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 5, 1948H.R. 2245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2245), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Apr 30, 1948noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 21, 1948S. 866No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 20, 1948H.R. 5052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 7, 1948S. 1557No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 6, 1948S. 1481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 6, 1948S. 1481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 95 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

9 Congresses
72nd · 193173rd · 193380th · 1947
Democrat · House · LA72nd–72nd
Democrat · Senate · LA73rd–80th
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
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John Holmes Overton

Senator from Louisiana
SENATED1931–19499 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
70.6%with Democrats
of 890 votes · 29.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested71%of 890 · combined
Steepest move−31 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311947
1947–48 · 80th · Democrat · of 95 votes57.9%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193180th · 1947
Democrat72nd–72nd
Democrat73rd–80th

Party switchers

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