John Thomas Watkins

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1905–1921ID W000193

LegislationHEADLINE

93%with Dems

of 939 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

93%with Dems

of 939 · both combined

Steepest move

+9 pts

1913 → 1915

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 ↓190519111917

1919–2066th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

92.6%with Democrats

of 122 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, +9 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

Feb 25, 1921H.Res. 389No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1921H.Res. 696No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 25, 1921H.R. 15422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15422), 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

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Feb 24, 1921H.R. 15872No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1921H.R. 517No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1921H.R. 15441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1921H.R. 15962No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 23, 1921H.R. 15962No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 122 contested votes scored in the 66th 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

8 Congresses

59th · 190566th · 1919

Democrat · House · LA59th–66th

Term datesexact

John Thomas Watkins

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSED1905–19218 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

92.7%with Democrats

of 939 votes · 7.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested93%of 939 · combined

Steepest move+9 pts1913→15, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019051919

1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 122 votes92.6%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 122 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

59th · 190566th · 1919

Democrat59th–66th

Party switchers

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