Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

Senator from Mississippi

SENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1885ID L000030

LegislationHEADLINE

90%with Dems

of 1,735 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

90%with Dems

of 1,735 · both combined

Steepest move

−13 pts

1873 → 1875

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 ↓18571863186918751881

1883–8448th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

88.6%with Democrats

of 123 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −13 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, 1885H.R. 8280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8280), 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

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Mar 3, 1885H.R. 7970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1885H.R. 7718No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 123 contested votes scored in the 48th 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

8 Congresses

35th · 185745th · 187748th · 1883

Democrat · House · MS35th–44th

Democrat · Senate · MS45th–48th

Term datesexact

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

Senator from Mississippi

SENATED1857–18858 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

90.1%with Democrats

of 1,735 votes · 9.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested90%of 1,735 · combined

Steepest move−13 pts1873→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018571883

1883–84 · 48th · Democrat · of 123 votes88.6%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 123 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185748th · 1883

Democrat35th–44th

Democrat45th–48th

Party switchers

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