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William Henry Lamport

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1871–1875ID L000042
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 474 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 474 · both combined
Steepest move
+2 pts
1871 → 1873
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 ↓1871
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
13%with Democrats
of 192 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, +2 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
Feb 27, 1875H.R. 4745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1875H.R. 4745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4745), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Feb 27, 1875H.R. 4745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1875H.R. 4745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1875H.R. 4745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 192 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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
42nd · 187143rd · 1873
Republican · House · NY42nd–43rd
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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William Henry Lamport

Representative from New York
HOUSER1871–18752 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
11.6%with Democrats
of 474 votes · 88.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 474 · combined
Steepest move+2 pts1871→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018711873
1873–74 · 43rd · Republican · of 192 votes13%

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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 · 192 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

42nd · 187143rd · 1873
Republican42nd–43rd

Party switchers

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