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John Nicholas Sandlin
Representative from LouisianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1921–1937ID S000043
LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 739 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 739 · both combined
Steepest move
+23 pts
1925 → 1927
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 ↓192119271933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94%with Democrats
of 100 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +23 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 19, 1936H.R. 3251LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 16, 1936H.R. 11215LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 29, 1936H.R. 11418LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11418), 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
May 29, 1936H.R. 11418LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 22, 1936S. 3531LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 19, 1936H.R. 11214LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 19, 1936H.R. 11214LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 19, 1936H.R. 11214LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 14, 1936H.R. 10919LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 74th 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
8 Congresses67th · 192174th · 1935
Democrat · House · LA67th–74th
Term datesexact