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Samuel Byrns

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1891–1893ID B001219
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 61 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 61 · 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 ↓1891
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.6%with Democrats
of 61 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
Mar 2, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1892H.R. 9072No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1892S. 1675No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1675), 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
Dec 15, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 15, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1892H.R. 9710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 5, 1892H.R. 9710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 4, 1892H.R. 7520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 29, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

1 Congresses
52nd · 1891
Democrat · House · MO52nd–52nd
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
SB

Samuel Byrns

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1891–18931 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.6%with Democrats
of 61 votes · 16.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 61 · combined

Career arc

10050018911891
1891–92 · 52nd · Democrat · of 61 votes83.6%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

52nd · 189152nd · 1891
Democrat52nd–52nd

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