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Theo Ashton Thompson
Representative from LouisianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1953–1967ID T000218
LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 456 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 456 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1955 → 1957
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 ↓195319591965
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
72.5%with Democrats
of 40 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, +12 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 30, 1965H.R. 7984LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1965H.R. 7984LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1965H.R. 7984LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7984), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jun 24, 1965H.J.Res. 541LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 23, 1965H.R. 9221LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 21, 1965H.Con.Res. 416LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 21, 1965H.R. 8620LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 21, 1965H.R. 7743LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 16, 1965H.Res. 416LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 40 contested votes scored in the 89th 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
7 Congresses83rd · 195389th · 1965
Democrat · House · LA83rd–89th
Term datesexact