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Matthew Diamond Lagan
Representative from LouisianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1887–1893ID L000019
LegislationHEADLINE
76%with Dems
of 147 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
76%with Dems
of 147 · both combined
Steepest move
−21 pts
1887 → 1891
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 ↓1887
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
62.7%with Democrats
of 59 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1891, −21 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
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10238LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1893H.J.Res. 196LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1893S. 1312LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1312), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 1, 1893S. 2566LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1893H.R. 7845LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1893noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1893noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1893noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1893H.R. 10415LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 59 contested votes scored in the 52nd CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses50th · 188752nd · 1891
Democrat · House · LA50th–52nd
Term datesexact