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Lawrence Russell Ellzey

Representative from Mississippi
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1931–1935ID E000152
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 156 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 156 · both combined
Steepest move
+2 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓1931
1933–3473rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.1%with Democrats
of 101 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, +2 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
Jun 16, 1934S.J.Res. 131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1934H.R. 441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 15, 1934H.R. 9725No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9725), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jun 15, 1934H.R. 404No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1934S. 3645No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1934S. 3530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1934H.R. 400No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1934S. 2347No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1934H.R. 9459No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 101 contested votes scored in the 73rd 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

2 Congresses
72nd · 193173rd · 1933
Democrat · House · MS72nd–73rd
Term datesexact
Members · Mississippi
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Lawrence Russell Ellzey

Representative from Mississippi
HOUSED1931–19352 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.4%with Democrats
of 156 votes · 9.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 156 · combined
Steepest move+2 pts1931→33, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311933
1933–34 · 73rd · Democrat · of 101 votes91.1%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 101 contested votes scored in the 73rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193173rd · 1933
Democrat72nd–73rd

Party switchers

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