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Rep. Henry Bullard

Former Representative for Louisiana’s 2nd District

Bullard was the representative for Louisiana’s 2nd congressional district and was a Whig. He served from 1849 to 1851.

He was previously the representative for Louisiana’s 3rd congressional district as an Anti Jacksonian from 1833 to 1835; and the representative for Louisiana’s 3rd congressional district as an Anti Jacksonian from 1831 to 1833.

Legislators who enslaved Black people

Bullard was among more than 1,800 legislators who enslaved Black people. The Washington Post compiled the first database of slaveholding members of Congress by examining thousands of pages of census records and historical documents. Bullard was one of them.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1831 to Mar 1851, Bullard missed 263 of 685 roll call votes, which is 38.4%. This is much worse than the median of 21.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1851. 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.

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Primary Sources

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