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Lamar Jeffers

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1921–1935ID J000068
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 528 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 528 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1929 → 1931
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 ↓192119271933
1933–3473rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.2%with Democrats
of 68 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, −9 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 6, 1934S. 9690No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 11, 1934H.R. 8781No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 11, 1934H.R. 8781No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8781), 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
Apr 25, 1934H.Res. 236No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 17, 1934H.R. 8402No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 16, 1934H.R. 8018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 10, 1934S. 2999No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 29, 1934H.R. 8687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 27, 1934H.R. 6663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 68 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

7 Congresses
67th · 192173rd · 1933
Democrat · House · AL67th–73rd
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
LJ

Lamar Jeffers

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1921–19357 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.1%with Democrats
of 528 votes · 8.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 528 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1929→31, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019211933
1933–34 · 73rd · Democrat · of 68 votes88.2%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 73rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192173rd · 1933
Democrat67th–73rd

Party switchers

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