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Riley Joseph Wilson

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1915–1937ID W000608
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 1,021 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 1,021 · both combined
Steepest move
+19 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 ↓1915192119271933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.9%with Democrats
of 98 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +19 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 20, 1936H.R. 12455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 3, 1936H.R. 8455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8455), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jun 2, 1936H.R. 11072No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 2, 1936H.R. 11687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 29, 1936H.R. 11418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 29, 1936H.R. 11418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 22, 1936S. 3398No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 22, 1936S. 3531No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 98 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

11 Congresses
64th · 191574th · 1935
Democrat · House · LA64th–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
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Riley Joseph Wilson

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSED1915–193711 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Democrats
of 1,021 votes · 13% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 1,021 · combined
Steepest move+19 pts1925→27, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019151935
1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 98 votes92.9%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 98 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191574th · 1935
Democrat64th–74th

Party switchers

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