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Joseph Rodman West
Senator from LouisianaSENATEREPUBLICAN1871–1877ID W000303
LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 798 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 798 · both combined
Steepest move
−31 pts
1871 → 1873
still a Republican
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 ↓1871
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.8%with Democrats
of 219 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, −31 pts — within one party label.
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, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 58LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 58LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 58), 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
Mar 3, 1877S. 1267LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4691LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4691LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4187LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1877H.R. 4680LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 219 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
3 Congresses42nd · 187144th · 1875
Republican · Senate · LA42nd–44th
Term datesexact