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Oscar Lapham
Representative from Rhode IslandHOUSEDEMOCRAT1891–1895ID L000093
LegislationHEADLINE
67%with Dems
of 210 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
67%with Dems
of 210 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1891 → 1893
still a Democrat
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 ↓1891
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
70.6%with Democrats
of 102 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, +8 pts — while still a Democrat.
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, 1895H.R. 8695LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895S. 1009LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8518LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8518), 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 2, 1895noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1895H.Res. 119LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895S. 1778LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1895noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895H.R. 4658LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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
2 Congresses52nd · 189153rd · 1893
Democrat · House · RI52nd–53rd
Term datesexact