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Joseph Lafayette Rawlins
Senator from UtahSENATEDEMOCRAT1897–1903ID R000073
LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 351 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 351 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓1897
1901–0257th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.2%with Democrats
of 62 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, +7 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 4, 1903H.R. 17243LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1903noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1903S. 7301LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 7301), 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
Feb 28, 1903H.R. 17LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1903S. 7301LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1903H.R. 17LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1903S. 7414LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1903S. 3517LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1903noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 62 contested votes scored in the 57th 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
3 Congresses55th · 189757th · 1901
Democrat · Senate · UT55th–57th
Term datesexact