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Lewis Beach

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1881–1887ID B000263
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LegislationHEADLINE
57%with Dems
of 395 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
57%with Dems
of 395 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1883 → 1885
still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1881
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
63%with Democrats
of 81 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, +13 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Jul 7, 1886noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 7, 1886H.R. 5394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 7, 1886H.R. 5394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5394), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jul 7, 1886H.R. 5603No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 7, 1886H.R. 6648No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 7, 1886H.R. 6648No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 7, 1886H.R. 6648No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 6, 1886H.R. 9726No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 6, 1886H.R. 4002No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 49th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

3 Congresses
47th · 188149th · 1885
Democrat · House · NY47th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
LB

Lewis Beach

Representative from New York
HOUSED1881–18873 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
57.2%with Democrats
of 395 votes · 42.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested57%of 395 · combined
Steepest move+13 pts1883→85, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018811885
1885–86 · 49th · Democrat · of 81 votes63%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

47th · 188149th · 1885
Democrat47th–49th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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