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Sereno Elisha Payne

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1883–1915ID P000153
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LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 2,102 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 2,102 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1895 → 1897
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 ↓188318891895190119071913
1913–1463rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.5%with Democrats
of 95 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −14 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
Dec 9, 1914H.R. 17869No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 8, 1914S. 6505No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 8, 1914S. 6505No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 6505), 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
Dec 8, 1914S. 6398No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 8, 1914S. 6398No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 23, 1914noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 23, 1914S. 6398No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 22, 1914S. 6398No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 22, 1914S. 6398No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 63rd 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

15 Congresses
48th · 188363rd · 1913
Republican · House · NY48th–63rd
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Sereno Elisha Payne

Representative from New York
HOUSER1883–191515 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
5.8%with Democrats
of 2,102 votes · 94.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested6%of 2,102 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1895→97, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018831913
1913–14 · 63rd · Republican · of 95 votes9.5%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 63rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188363rd · 1913
Republican48th–63rd

Party switchers

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