SB
Schuyler Otis Bland
Representative from VirginiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1917–1951ID B000545
LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 1,467 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 1,467 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1921 → 1923
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 ↓191719231929193519411947
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
76.5%with Democrats
of 34 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, −17 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
Feb 15, 1950noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 15, 1950noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 15, 1950noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Feb 15, 1950noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 1, 1950noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 20, 1950H.Res. 133LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 20, 1950noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 13, 1949H.Res. 390LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 17, 1949H.J.Res. 339LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 34 contested votes scored in the 81st 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
17 Congresses65th · 191781st · 1949
Democrat · House · VA65th–81st
Term datesexact