Elbridge Gerry Lapham

Senator from New York

SENATEREPUBLICAN1875–1885ID L000092

LegislationHEADLINE

8%with Dems

of 1,193 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

8%with Dems

of 1,193 · both combined

Steepest move

+5 pts

1879 → 1881

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 ↓18751881

1883–8448th Congress

Sat as a Republican

8.2%with Democrats

of 196 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, +5 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, 1885H.R. 8280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

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

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

NAYSided with the Republican majority

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

Mar 2, 1885H.R. 7970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1885H.R. 7970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

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

9 most recent roll calls shown · 196 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

5 Congresses

44th · 187547th · 188148th · 1883

Republican · House · NY44th–46th

Republican · Senate · NY47th–48th

Term datesexact

Elbridge Gerry Lapham

Senator from New York

SENATER1875–18855 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

8%with Democrats

of 1,193 votes · 92% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested8%of 1,193 · combined

Steepest move+5 pts1879→81, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018751883

1883–84 · 48th · Republican · of 196 votes8.2%

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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 · 196 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187548th · 1883

Republican44th–46th

Republican47th–48th

Party switchers

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