The U.S. Congress Votes Database

Members of Congress / Lewis Payne

Biographical Information

PAYNE, Lewis Franklin, Jr., a Representative from Virginia; born in Amherst, Amherst County, Va., July 9, 1945; graduated from Amherst County High School, Amherst, Va., 1963; B.S., Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va., 1967; M.B.A., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 1973; United States Army, 1968-1970; United States Army Reserves; engineer; businessman; business executive; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Wilbur Clarence Daniel and reelected to the four succeeding Congresses (June 14, 1988- January 3, 1997); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress in 1996. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 104th Congress: Representative, Virginia (Dist. 5), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1995, to Jan. 3, 1997.
· 103rd Congress: Representative, Virginia (Dist. 5), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, Virginia (Dist. 5), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

 

Last Votes

DateVotePositionGOP opinionDEM opinion
9/28/96 Vote 455: H R 3610: Department of Defense Appropriations for F.Y. 1997 Yes Yes Yes
9/28/96 Vote 454: H RES 546: Consideration of Sine Die Resolutions No Yes No
9/28/96 Vote 453: H R 4236: Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act Yes Yes Yes
9/28/96 Vote 452: H R 3163: State Authority Tax Compensation Act No Yes No
9/28/96 Vote 451: H R 1332: Omnibus Insular Areas Act of 1996 Yes Yes Yes
9/27/96 Vote 450: S 1505: Accountable Pipline Safety and Partnership Act of 1996 Yes Yes No
9/27/96 Vote 449: H R 4000: Reestablish Pow/Mia Procedures Yes Yes Yes
9/27/96 Vote 448: S 39: Sustainable Fisheries Act Yes Yes Yes
9/27/96 Vote 447: H R 4073: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Yes Yes No
9/27/96 Vote 446: H R 3539: Federal Aviation Authorization Act of 1996 Yes Yes No
9/27/96 Vote 445: H RES 540: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report on H.R. 3539 Yes Yes No
9/26/96 Vote 444: H R 3841: Civil Service Reform Act Yes Yes No
9/26/96 Vote 443: H R 4011: Congressional Pension Forfeiture Act Yes Yes Yes
9/26/96 Vote 442: H R 3752: American Land Sovereignty Protection Act No Yes No
9/26/96 Vote 441: H CON RES 189: U.S. Membership in South Pacific Organizations Yes Yes Yes
9/26/96 Vote 440: H CON RES 145: Remove Russian Forces From Moldova Yes Yes Yes
9/26/96 Vote 439: H R 3497: Snoqualmie National Forest Boundary Adjustment Yes Yes Yes
9/26/96 Vote 438: H RES 535: Government Accountability Act Yes Yes Yes
9/26/96 Vote 437: H R 2092: Private Security Officer Quality Assurance Act Yes Yes Yes
9/26/96 Vote 436: H R 3456: Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act Yes Yes Yes

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