Gillis Long, former Representative for Louisiana's 8th Congressional District

Long was the representative for Louisiana’s 8^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1973 to 1986.

He was previously the representative for Louisiana’s 8^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1963 to 1964.

Photo of Rep. Gillis Long [D-LA8, 1973-1986]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Long is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1986 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Long sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 1981 to Oct 18, 1986. See full analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Long sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (21%) Economics and Public Finance (21%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Taxation (14%) Arts, Culture, Religion (14%) Armed Forces and National Security (14%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Long recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1963 to Jan 1985, Long missed 527 of 7,122 roll call votes, which is 7.4%. This is on par with the median of 6.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 1985. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	1	3.6%	66^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	8	16.0%	95^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	1	2.9%	53^rd
1964 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	3	8.3%	56^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	9	4.7%	28^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	8	6.1%	56^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	7	3.8%	28^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	4	5.1%	30^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	15	8.8%	48^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	4	2.7%	27^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	21	14.9%	72^nd
1975 Jan-Mar	68	6	8.8%	65^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	7	3.5%	31^st
1975 Jul-Sep	154	5	3.2%	29^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	16	8.4%	68^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	3	2.8%	32^nd
1976 Apr-Jun	267	26	9.7%	54^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	6	2.1%	19^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	7	7.0%	59^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	22	8.1%	53^rd
1977 Jul-Sep	198	3	1.5%	18^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	11	8.1%	61^st
1978 Jan-Mar	150	14	9.3%	62^nd
1978 Apr-Jun	300	39	13.0%	74^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	17	5.5%	39^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	2	2.6%	22^nd
1979 Jan-Mar	63	3	4.8%	57^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	92	41.6%	99^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	11	5.6%	47^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	3	1.6%	7^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	23	15.5%	76^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	6	3.0%	18^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	8	4.2%	30^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	2	3.0%	19^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	8	53.3%	99^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	12	13.3%	78^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	5	4.7%	46^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	18	12.7%	77^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	2	4.2%	37^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	4	3.4%	38^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	14	7.3%	56^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	10	10.1%	56^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	8	18.6%	85^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	2	1.1%	9^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	21^st
1983 Oct-Nov	143	4	2.8%	24^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	11	20.8%	88^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	2	0.9%	7^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	6	6.2%	58^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	6	16.7%	79^th
1985 Jan-Mar	6	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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