Elections and Offices
Sen. Joseph West [R-LA, 1871-1877] leaves office as Senator from Louisiana
Mar 03, 1877Sen. Joseph West
Former Senator from Louisiana
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | Louisiana |
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Voting Record
From Mar 1871 to Mar 1877, West missed 478 of 1,598 roll call votes, which is 29.9%. This is better than the median of 30.1% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1877. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
Recent Legislative Activity
Elections and Offices
Sen. Joseph West [R-LA, 1871-1877] takes office as Senator from Louisiana
Mar 04, 1871