JL
John Francis Lewis
Senator from VirginiaSENATEREPUBLICAN1869–1875ID L000285
LegislationHEADLINE
41%with Dems
of 432 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
41%with Dems
of 432 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1871 → 1873
still a Republican
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 ↓1869
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
54.7%with Democrats
of 106 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, +16 pts — within one party label.
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
Feb 27, 1875H.R. 796LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1875H.R. 796LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1875S. 1251LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1251), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Feb 24, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1875H.R. 218LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1875H.R. 435LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1875H.R. 435LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1875H.R. 435LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1875H.R. 435LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 106 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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
3 Congresses41st · 186943rd · 1873
Republican · Senate · VA41st–43rd
Term datesexact