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Joseph Lyman

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1885–1889ID L000526
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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. 10614No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1888H.R. 8059No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1888noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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, 1888noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1888noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 12, 1888S. 139No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1888noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1888noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1888noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 92 contested votes scored in the 50th 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

2 Congresses
49th · 188550th · 1887
Republican · House · IA49th–50th
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
JL

Joseph Lyman

Representative from Iowa
HOUSER1885–18892 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
7.8%with Democrats
of 270 votes · 92.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 270 · combined
Steepest move−2 pts1885→87, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018851887
1887–88 · 50th · Republican · of 92 votes6.5%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 92 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

49th · 188550th · 1887
Republican49th–50th

Party switchers

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