Across 5 Congresses, most in the
108th at 8.
In the 111th,
8 —
8 fewer than the median representative, who filed 16.
Of the 25, 3 became law.
Volume is not influence: the great majority of bills, from every
member, never get a vote.
Bills introduced, against the typical representative107th to 111th
3107th Congresstypical member 13
8108th Congresstypical member 13
3109th Congresstypical member 16
3110th Congresstypical member 18
8111th Congresstypical member 16
median for the chamber, that Congress
Cosponsored
1,025
Signed on to someone else's bill
Recorded votes
10,714
Roll calls tied to a bill, nominations aside
Their work
Drawn from the 25 bills this member
introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who
most often sign on.
Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.
Biography
A Representative from Mississippi. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. , September 17, 1953. Graduated from De LaSalle High School, New Orleans, La. , 1971. B. A. , Tulane University, New Orleans, La. , 1976. Graduate work, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Miss. United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1971-1984. Member, Bay St. Louis, Miss. , city council, 1981-1983. Member, Mississippi state senate, 1984-1989. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred First Congress in 1988. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Larkin I. Smith, and reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses (October 17, 1989-January 3, 2011). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010. Member, Hancock County, Miss. , port and harbor commission, 2012 to present. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014. Is a resident of Bay St. Louis, Miss.
Votes
How this member answered on every recorded vote tied to a bill, newest
first — including the procedural motions on it, such as cloture.
Votes on nominations are not listed, because they are not attached to a bill.
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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term.
Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress
onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member
who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none.
Committee seats are held for the current Congress only, which is why they
are shown for sitting members and left out for everyone else rather than
reported as zero. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers
also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here.
Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left,
because the ones on file were theirs while serving.
Records come from
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Biographical Directory of Congress.
