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Rufus Ezekiel Lester

Representative from Georgia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1889–1907ID L000255
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 1,006 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 1,006 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1903 → 1905
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 ↓188918951901
1905–0659th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.2%with Democrats
of 42 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1903 → 1905, +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
Jun 12, 1906H.Res. 577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 12, 1906H.Res. 577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 2, 1906H.R. 15442No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15442), 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
May 31, 1906H.R. 16472No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 31, 1906H.R. 18502No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 29, 1906noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 28, 1906noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 25, 1906S. 5561No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 25, 1906H.R. 5554No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 42 contested votes scored in the 59th 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

9 Congresses
51st · 188959th · 1905
Democrat · House · GA51st–59th
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
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Rufus Ezekiel Lester

Representative from Georgia
HOUSED1889–19079 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.4%with Democrats
of 1,006 votes · 7.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 1,006 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1903→05, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018891905
1905–06 · 59th · Democrat · of 42 votes95.2%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 42 contested votes scored in the 59th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188959th · 1905
Democrat51st–59th

Party switchers

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