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Louis Woodard Emerson

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1899–1903ID E000173
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LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 155 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 155 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1899 → 1901
still a Republican

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 ↓1899
1901–0257th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.2%with Democrats
of 81 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1899 → 1901, +3 pts — within one party label.
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
Mar 4, 1903H.R. 14051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 4, 1903H.R. 14051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 4, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1903H.R. 17493No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1903S. 3522No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1903H.R. 14105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1903H.R. 7659No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1903H.R. 7659No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1903S. 7414No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 57th 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
56th · 189957th · 1901
Republican · House · NY56th–57th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Louis Woodard Emerson

Representative from New York
HOUSER1899–19032 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
4.5%with Democrats
of 155 votes · 95.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested5%of 155 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts1899→01, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018991901
1901–02 · 57th · Republican · of 81 votes6.2%

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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 57th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189957th · 1901
Republican56th–57th

Party switchers

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