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Lewis Vital Bogy

Senator from Missouri
SENATEDEMOCRAT1873–1879ID B000595
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 478 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 478 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓1873
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.7%with Democrats
of 7 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, +6 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
Oct 18, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 17, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 17, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 17, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 17, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 10, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 9, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 7, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 7 contested votes scored in the 45th 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
43rd · 187345th · 1877
Democrat · Senate · MO43rd–45th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
LB

Lewis Vital Bogy

Senator from Missouri
SENATED1873–18793 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.4%with Democrats
of 478 votes · 14.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 478 · combined
Steepest move+6 pts1873→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018731877
1877–78 · 45th · Democrat · of 7 votes85.7%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 7 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187345th · 1877
Democrat43rd–45th

Party switchers

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