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Lee Mantle

Senator from Montana
SENATEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY1893–1899ID M000116
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LegislationHEADLINE
53%with Dems
of 246 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
53%with Dems
of 246 · both combined
Steepest move
+25 pts
1893 → 1895
still a Republican
Changed parties
55th
R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓1893R→O · 55th
1897–9855th Congress
Sat under another party label
60.2%with Democrats
of 161 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, +25 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, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1899H.R. 12106No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1899H.R. 8571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1899H.R. 11916No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 161 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

3 Congresses
53rd · 189355th · 1897
Republican · Senate · MT53rd–54th
Other party · Senate · MT55th–55th
Term datesyears only to 1893 · exact from 1895
Members · Montana
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Lee Mantle

Senator from Montana
SENATER→O1893–18993 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
53.3%with Democrats
of 246 votes · 46.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested53%of 246 · combined
Steepest move+25 pts1893→95, as a Republican
Changed parties55thR→O

Career arc

100500R→O18931897
1897–98 · 55th · Other party · of 161 votes60.2%

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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 · 161 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189355th · 1897
Republican53rd–54th
Other party55th–55th

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