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William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
Representative from VirginiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1887–1891ID L000208
LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 359 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 359 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1887 → 1889
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 ↓1887
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.6%with Democrats
of 282 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, +5 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, 1891S. 4212LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13658LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13658LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13658), 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. 10881LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.J.Res. 138LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 5110LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1891H.R. 10881LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1891H.R. 13462LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 282 contested votes scored in the 51st 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 Congresses50th · 188751st · 1889
Democrat · House · VA50th–51st
Term datesexact