John Lynch

Representative from Maine

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1865–1873ID L000531

LegislationHEADLINE

15%with Dems

of 1,055 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

15%with Dems

of 1,055 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 pts

1867 → 1869

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 ↓18651871

1871–7242nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

20.2%with Democrats

of 218 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, +11 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

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3921), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 1, 1873S. 693No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 218 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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

4 Congresses

39th · 186542nd · 1871

Republican · House · ME39th–42nd

Term datesexact

John Lynch

Representative from Maine

HOUSER1865–18734 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

14.5%with Democrats

of 1,055 votes · 85.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested15%of 1,055 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1867→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018651871

1871–72 · 42nd · Republican · of 218 votes20.2%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 218 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186542nd · 1871

Republican39th–42nd

Party switchers

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