JL
Joseph Lyman
Representative from IowaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1885–1889ID L000526
LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 270 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 270 · both combined
Steepest move
−2 pts
1885 → 1887
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 ↓1885
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.5%with Democrats
of 92 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −2 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 1, 1889H.R. 10614LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1888H.R. 8059LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1888noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Dec 17, 1888noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1888noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 12, 1888S. 139LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1888noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1888noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1888noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 92 contested votes scored in the 50th 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 Congresses49th · 188550th · 1887
Republican · House · IA49th–50th
Term datesexact