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Gilbert Lafayette Laws

Representative from Nebraska
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1889–1891ID L000143
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 412 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 412 · 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 ↓1889
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Republican
8%with Democrats
of 412 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
Mar 2, 1891S. 4212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 5958No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5958), 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, 1891H.R. 13069No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13388No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 4155No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 5109No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 412 contested votes scored in the 51st 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
51st · 1889
Republican · House · NE51st–51st
Term datesexact
Members · Nebraska
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Gilbert Lafayette Laws

Representative from Nebraska
HOUSER1889–18911 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Democrats
of 412 votes · 92% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 412 · combined

Career arc

10050018891889
1889–90 · 51st · Republican · of 412 votes8%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 412 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188951st · 1889
Republican51st–51st

Party switchers

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