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Samuel Fenton Cary

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEINDEPENDENT1867–1869ID C000216
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LegislationHEADLINE
74%with Dems
of 353 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
74%with Dems
of 353 · 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 ↓1867
1867–6840th Congress
Sat as an Independent
74.2%with Democrats
of 353 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 3, 1869S. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869S. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 211), 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
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 353 contested votes scored in the 40th 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
40th · 1867
Independent · House · OH40th–40th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Samuel Fenton Cary

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEI1867–18691 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
74.2%with Democrats
of 353 votes · 25.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested74%of 353 · combined

Career arc

10050018671867
1867–68 · 40th · Independent · of 353 votes74.2%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 353 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186740th · 1867
Independent40th–40th

Party switchers

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