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Samuel Beach Axtell
Representative from CaliforniaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1867–1871ID A000349
LegislationHEADLINE
72%with Dems
of 646 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
72%with Dems
of 646 · both combined
Steepest move
−22 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 ↓1867
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
61.9%with Democrats
of 344 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, −22 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. 2524LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.J.Res. 467LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1871S. 647LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 647), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1871S. 969LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1871noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871H.R. 2994LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1871S. 892LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1871H.R. 1705LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 344 contested votes scored in the 41st CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses40th · 186741st · 1869
Democrat · House · CA40th–41st
Term datesexact