Edwin Edward Willis

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1969ID W000559

LegislationHEADLINE

70%with Dems

of 901 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

70%with Dems

of 901 · both combined

Steepest move

−15 pts

1965 → 1967

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 ↓1949195519611967

1967–6890th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

56.3%with Democrats

of 87 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1965 → 1967, −15 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

Oct 10, 1968H.R. 19908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 10, 1968H.R. 17735No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 9, 1968S.J.Res. 175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 175), 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

Open roll call

Oct 7, 1968H.R. 15151No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 3, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 3, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1968H.R. 14935No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 25, 1968H.R. 17126No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 19, 1968H.R. 19908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 90th 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

10 Congresses

81st · 194990th · 1967

Democrat · House · LA81st–90th

Term datesexact

Edwin Edward Willis

Representative from Louisiana

HOUSED1949–196910 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

70.5%with Democrats

of 901 votes · 29.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested70%of 901 · combined

Steepest move−15 pts1965→67, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491967

1967–68 · 90th · Democrat · of 87 votes56.3%

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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 · 87 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194990th · 1967

Democrat81st–90th

Party switchers

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