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William Mershon Lanning

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1903–1905ID L000084
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 45 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 45 · 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 ↓1903
1903–0458th Congress
Sat as a Republican
13.3%with Democrats
of 45 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
Apr 28, 1904H.R. 13481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 27, 1904H.R. 13481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 27, 1904S. 2263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2263), 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
Apr 27, 1904S. 2263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 27, 1904S. 2263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 27, 1904H.Res. 357No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 26, 1904noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 26, 1904H.R. 14416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 23, 1904H.R. 7056No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 58th 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
58th · 1903
Republican · House · NJ58th–58th
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
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William Mershon Lanning

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSER1903–19051 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
13.3%with Democrats
of 45 votes · 86.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 45 · combined

Career arc

10050019031903
1903–04 · 58th · Republican · of 45 votes13.3%

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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 · 45 contested votes scored in the 58th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

58th · 190358th · 1903
Republican58th–58th

Party switchers

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