Elijah Banks Lewis

Representative from Georgia

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1909ID L000281

LegislationHEADLINE

95%with Dems

of 448 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

95%with Dems

of 448 · both combined

Steepest move

+9 pts

1897 → 1899

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 ↓18971903

1907–0860th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

98.1%with Democrats

of 53 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, +9 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 3, 1909S. 4441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1909H.Res. 607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1909H.R. 28376No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 28376), 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

Open roll call

Feb 27, 1909S. 5729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 24, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 23, 1909noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 18, 1909H.Res. 575No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 60th 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

6 Congresses

55th · 189760th · 1907

Democrat · House · GA55th–60th

Term datesexact

Elijah Banks Lewis

Representative from Georgia

HOUSED1897–19096 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

94.6%with Democrats

of 448 votes · 5.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested95%of 448 · combined

Steepest move+9 pts1897→99, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018971907

1907–08 · 60th · Democrat · of 53 votes98.1%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 60th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189760th · 1907

Democrat55th–60th

Party switchers

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