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Jay Ford Laning

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1907–1909ID L000079
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LegislationHEADLINE
4%with Dems
of 99 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
4%with Dems
of 99 · both combined

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 ↓1907
1907–0860th Congress
Sat as a Republican
4%with Democrats
of 99 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 2, 1909S. 28No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1909H.Res. 607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1909H.R. 28245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 28245), 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 23, 1909noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1909H.R. 28243No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 10, 1909H.R. 27250No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1909H.R. 21929No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 25, 1909S. 6359No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 99 contested votes scored in the 60th 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

1 Congresses
60th · 1907
Republican · House · OH60th–60th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Jay Ford Laning

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1907–19091 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
4%with Democrats
of 99 votes · 96% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested4%of 99 · combined

Career arc

10050019071907
1907–08 · 60th · Republican · of 99 votes4%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 99 contested votes scored in the 60th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

60th · 190760th · 1907
Republican60th–60th

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