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Burwell Boykin Lewis
Representative from AlabamaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1881ID L000272
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 305 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 305 · both combined
Steepest move
−0 pts
1875 → 1879
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 ↓1875
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.3%with Democrats
of 163 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1879, −0 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 14, 1880H.R. 1846LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1880S. 1726LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1880S. 1726LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1726), 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
Jun 11, 1880S. 1726LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1880noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1880noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 9, 1880noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 9, 1880noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 9, 1880noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 163 contested votes scored in the 46th 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 Congresses44th · 187546th · 1879
Democrat · House · AL44th–46th
Term datesexact