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Stephen Lorenzo Mayham

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1869–1879ID M000282
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 626 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 626 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1869 → 1877
still a Democrat

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 ↓18691875
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78.2%with Democrats
of 225 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1877, −14 pts — while still a Democrat.
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, 1879H.R. 6462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 5580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5580), 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
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6463No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 225 contested votes scored in the 45th 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
41st · 186945th · 1877
Democrat · House · NY41st–45th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Stephen Lorenzo Mayham

Representative from New York
HOUSED1869–18792 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87.2%with Democrats
of 626 votes · 12.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 626 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1869→77, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018691877
1877–78 · 45th · Democrat · of 225 votes78.2%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 225 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186945th · 1877
Democrat41st–45th

Party switchers

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