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Samuel Mitchell Brinson

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1919–1923ID B000840
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 175 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 175 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1919 → 1921
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 ↓1919
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
98.6%with Democrats
of 69 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1919 → 1921, +14 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
Apr 5, 1922H.R. 11118No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 15, 1922H.R. 9981No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 2, 1922H.R. 9724No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9724), 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
Feb 2, 1922H.R. 9724No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1922H.R. 13No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1922H.R. 13No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1922H.R. 13No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 25, 1922H.R. 13No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 25, 1922noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 69 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

2 Congresses
66th · 191967th · 1921
Democrat · House · NC66th–67th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
SB

Samuel Mitchell Brinson

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1919–19232 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
90.3%with Democrats
of 175 votes · 9.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 175 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1919→21, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019191921
1921–22 · 67th · Democrat · of 69 votes98.6%

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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 · 69 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

66th · 191967th · 1921
Democrat66th–67th

Party switchers

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