JL
John William Lawson
Representative from VirginiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1891–1893ID L000145
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 85 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 85 · 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 ↓1891
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.9%with Democrats
of 85 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 3, 1893H.R. 10238LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10258LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 7028LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7028), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10238LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1893H.R. 10238LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1893H.Res. 9612LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 1312LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 2566LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1893H.R. 7845LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 85 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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
1 Congresses52nd · 1891
Democrat · House · VA52nd–52nd
Term datesexact