Joseph Eugene Ransdell

Senator from Louisiana

SENATEDEMOCRAT1899–1931ID R000059

LegislationHEADLINE

76%with Dems

of 2,183 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

76%with Dems

of 2,183 · both combined

Steepest move

−44 pts

1927 → 1929

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 ↓189919051911191719231929

1929–3071st Congress

Sat as a Democrat

34%with Democrats

of 212 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −44 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

Mar 3, 1931S.J.Res. 49No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1931S. 255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 2, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17163No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 25, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1931S.J.Res. 49No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 212 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

16 Congresses

56th · 189963rd · 191371st · 1929

Democrat · House · LA56th–62nd

Democrat · Senate · LA63rd–71st

Term datesexact

Joseph Eugene Ransdell

Senator from Louisiana

SENATED1899–193116 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

76.2%with Democrats

of 2,183 votes · 23.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested76%of 2,183 · combined

Steepest move−44 pts1927→29, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018991929

1929–30 · 71st · Democrat · of 212 votes34%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 212 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189971st · 1929

Democrat56th–62nd

Democrat63rd–71st

Party switchers

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