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Lewis Edwin Payson
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEREPUBLICAN1881–1891ID P000157
LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 933 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 933 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1887 → 1889
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 ↓18811887
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.5%with Democrats
of 346 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, −12 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 2, 1891noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13658LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13658LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13658), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1891S. 210LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 5958LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13069LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 1813LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.J.Res. 138LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 346 contested votes scored in the 51st CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
5 Congresses47th · 188151st · 1889
Republican · House · IL47th–51st
Term datesexact