Elections and Offices
Sen. John Lewis [R-VA, 1870-1875] leaves office as Senator from Virginia
Mar 03, 1875Sen. John Lewis
Former Senator from Virginia
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | Virginia |
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Voting Record
From Jan 1870 to Mar 1875, Lewis missed 1,161 of 1,785 roll call votes, which is 65.0%. This is worse than the median of 30.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1875. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
Recent Legislative Activity
Elections and Offices
Sen. John Lewis [R-VA, 1870-1875] takes office as Senator from Virginia
Jan 01, 1870