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Rep. Lucas Elmendorf

Former Representative for New York’s 4th District

Elmendorf was the representative for New York’s 4th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1801 to 1803.

He was previously the representative for New York’s 4th congressional district as a Republican from 1799 to 1801; and the representative for New York’s 4th congressional district as a Republican from 1797 to 1799.

Legislators who enslaved Black people

Elmendorf was among more than 1,800 legislators who enslaved Black people. The Washington Post compiled the first database of slaveholding members of Congress by examining thousands of pages of census records and historical documents. Elmendorf was one of them.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jun 1797 to Mar 1803, Elmendorf missed 57 of 393 roll call votes, which is 14.5%. This is on par with the median of 17.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1803. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

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