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Edward White Robertson

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1877–1883ID R000321
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 551 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 551 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1877 → 1879
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 ↓1877
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.3%with Democrats
of 117 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −6 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, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5538), 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
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7482No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883S. 2046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7049No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7631No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 47th 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

3 Congresses
45th · 187747th · 1881
Democrat · House · LA45th–47th
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
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Edward White Robertson

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSED1877–18833 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
86.4%with Democrats
of 551 votes · 13.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 551 · combined
Steepest move−6 pts1877→79, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018771881
1881–82 · 47th · Democrat · of 117 votes86.3%

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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 · 117 contested votes scored in the 47th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187747th · 1881
Democrat45th–47th

Party switchers

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