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William Esselstyne Lansing
Representative from New YorkHOUSEREPUBLICAN1861–1875ID L000088
LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 751 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 751 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1861 → 1871
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 ↓186118671873
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.7%with Democrats
of 188 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1871, +7 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
Mar 3, 1875H.R. 3341LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1875H.R. 2418LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875H.R. 435LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 435), 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
Mar 3, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4529LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875H.R. 3821LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 188 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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
3 Congresses37th · 186143rd · 1873
Republican · House · NY37th–43rd
Term datesexact