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Sam Gilbert Bratton

Senator from New Mexico
SENATEDEMOCRAT1925–1935ID B000774
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 524 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 524 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1925 → 1927
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 ↓19251931
1933–3473rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
79.2%with Democrats
of 53 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, −13 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
Jun 15, 1933H.R. 5389No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1933H.R. 5389No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 13, 1933H.R. 5389No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5389), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jun 13, 1933H.R. 5755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1933S.Res. 85No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 10, 1933noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 9, 1933H.R. 5755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 9, 1933H.R. 5755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 9, 1933H.R. 5755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 73rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

5 Congresses
69th · 192573rd · 1933
Democrat · Senate · NM69th–73rd
Term datesexact
Members · New Mexico
SB

Sam Gilbert Bratton

Senator from New Mexico
SENATED1925–19355 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
80.5%with Democrats
of 524 votes · 19.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 524 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1925→27, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019251933
1933–34 · 73rd · Democrat · of 53 votes79.2%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 73rd

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

69th · 192573rd · 1933
Democrat69th–73rd

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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