Members of Congress / Jimmy Hayes

Biographical Information

HAYES, James Allison, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Lafayette, La., December 21, 1946; attended public schools; B.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, 1967; J.D., Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, 1970; sergeant, Louisiana Air National Guard, 1968-1974; admitted to the Louisiana State bar in 1970 and commenced practice in New Orleans; real estate developer; assistant district attorney; commissioner, Financial Institutions for the State of Louisiana, 1984-1985; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1987, to December 1, 1995, when he changed his party affiliation to Republican; continued serving as a Republican in the One Hundred Fourth Congress until January 2, 1997; was not a candidate in 1996 for reelection to the United States House of Representatives, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 104th Congress: Representative, Louisiana (Dist. 7), Republican. Jan. 3, 1995, to Jan. 3, 1997.
· 104th Congress: Representative, Louisiana (Dist. 7), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1995, to Dec. 1, 1995.
· 103rd Congress: Representative, Louisiana (Dist. 7), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, Louisiana (Dist. 7), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

Last Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
9/28/96	Vote 455: H R 3610: Department of Defense Appropriations for F.Y. 1997	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/28/96	Vote 454: H RES 546: Consideration of Sine Die Resolutions	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/28/96	Vote 453: H R 4236: Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/28/96	Vote 452: H R 3163: State Authority Tax Compensation Act	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/28/96	Vote 451: H R 1332: Omnibus Insular Areas Act of 1996	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/27/96	Vote 450: S 1505: Accountable Pipline Safety and Partnership Act of 1996	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/27/96	Vote 449: H R 4000: Reestablish Pow/Mia Procedures	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/27/96	Vote 448: S 39: Sustainable Fisheries Act	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/27/96	Vote 447: H R 4073: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/27/96	Vote 446: H R 3539: Federal Aviation Authorization Act of 1996	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/27/96	Vote 445: H RES 540: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report on H.R. 3539	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/26/96	Vote 444: H R 3841: Civil Service Reform Act	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/26/96	Vote 443: H R 4011: Congressional Pension Forfeiture Act	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 442: H R 3752: American Land Sovereignty Protection Act	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/26/96	Vote 441: H CON RES 189: U.S. Membership in South Pacific Organizations	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 440: H CON RES 145: Remove Russian Forces From Moldova	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 439: H R 3497: Snoqualmie National Forest Boundary Adjustment	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 438: H RES 535: Government Accountability Act	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 437: H R 2092: Private Security Officer Quality Assurance Act	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 436: H R 3456: Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act	Not Voting	Yes	Yes

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