SB
Samuel Thomas Baird
Representative from LouisianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1899ID B000055
LegislationHEADLINE
98%with Dems
of 85 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
98%with Dems
of 85 · both combined
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 ↓1897
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
97.6%with Democrats
of 85 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Feb 23, 1899noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1899H.R. 12125LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1899S. 460LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 460), 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
Feb 20, 1899H.R. 10500LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1899H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1899H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 8, 1899noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 3, 1899noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 31, 1899H.R. 11022LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 85 contested votes scored in the 55th 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
1 Congresses55th · 1897
Democrat · House · LA55th–55th
Term datesexact