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Samuel Caruthers

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1859ID C000210
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LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 87 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 87 · 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 ↓1857
1857–5835th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.5%with Democrats
of 87 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, 1859H.R. 667No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1859H.R. 872No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1859H.R. 872No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 872), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 24, 1859noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1859H.R. 546No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1859H.R. 874No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 12, 1859S. 239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 12, 1859S. 239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 12, 1859S. 239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 35th 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
35th · 1857
Democrat · House · MO35th–35th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Samuel Caruthers

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1857–18591 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
80.5%with Democrats
of 87 votes · 19.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested80%of 87 · combined

Career arc

10050018571857
1857–58 · 35th · Democrat · of 87 votes80.5%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 35th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185735th · 1857
Democrat35th–35th

Party switchers

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