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Lemuel Jackson Bowden

Senator from Virginia
SENATEOTHER PARTY1863–1865ID B000678
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LegislationHEADLINE
25%with Dems
of 4 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
25%with Dems
of 4 · both combined

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 ↓1863
1863–6438th Congress
Sat under another party label
25%with Democrats
of 4 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Dec 7, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 13, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 13, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP 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
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 13, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 13, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 12, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 12, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 12, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 12, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 4 contested votes scored in the 38th 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

1 Congresses
38th · 1863
Other party · Senate · VA38th–38th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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Lemuel Jackson Bowden

Senator from Virginia
SENATEO1863–18651 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
25%with Democrats
of 4 votes · 75% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested25%of 4 · combined

Career arc

10050018631863
1863–64 · 38th · Other party · of 4 votes25%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 4 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186338th · 1863
Other party38th–38th

Party switchers

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