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Lawrence Strother Trimble

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1865–1871ID T000375
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 1,037 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 1,037 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1867 → 1869
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 ↓1865
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.1%with Democrats
of 402 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, −6 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, 1871H.R. 1450No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 2908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 2524No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2524), 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 3, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.J.Res. 467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1871S. 647No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871H.R. 2994No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 402 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

3 Congresses
39th · 186541st · 1869
Democrat · House · KY39th–41st
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
LT

Lawrence Strother Trimble

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSED1865–18713 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
90.4%with Democrats
of 1,037 votes · 9.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 1,037 · combined
Steepest move−6 pts1867→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018651869
1869–70 · 41st · Democrat · of 402 votes85.1%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 402 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186541st · 1869
Democrat39th–41st

Party switchers

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