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Francis Rives Lassiter

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1899–1911ID L000106
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 122 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 122 · both combined
Steepest move
−21 pts
1907 → 1909
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 ↓18991905
1909–1061st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
68.2%with Democrats
of 22 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1907 → 1909, −21 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
Jul 31, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 31, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 31, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1438), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jul 30, 1909noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 12, 1909S.J.Res. 40No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 12, 1909S.J.Res. 40No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 24, 1909H.R. 10933No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 9, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 9, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 22 contested votes scored in the 61st 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

4 Congresses
56th · 189961st · 1909
Democrat · House · VA56th–61st
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
FL

Francis Rives Lassiter

Representative from Virginia
HOUSED1899–19114 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
86.9%with Democrats
of 122 votes · 13.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 122 · combined
Steepest move−21 pts1907→09, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018991909
1909–10 · 61st · Democrat · of 22 votes68.2%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 22 contested votes scored in the 61st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189961st · 1909
Democrat56th–61st

Party switchers

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