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Lewis Steward

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1891–1893ID S000897
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LegislationHEADLINE
62%with Dems
of 116 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
62%with Dems
of 116 · both combined

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 ↓1891
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
62.1%with Democrats
of 116 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Feb 27, 1893H.R. 9350No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10238), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Feb 25, 1893S. 2931No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1893H.R. 10415No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1893H.R. 10349No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 116 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

1 Congresses
52nd · 1891
Democrat · House · IL52nd–52nd
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Lewis Steward

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1891–18931 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
62.1%with Democrats
of 116 votes · 37.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested62%of 116 · combined

Career arc

10050018911891
1891–92 · 52nd · Democrat · of 116 votes62.1%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 116 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

52nd · 189152nd · 1891
Democrat52nd–52nd

Party switchers

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