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Denver Samuel Church

Representative from California
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1913–1935ID C000387
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LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 324 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 324 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1913 → 1915
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 ↓1913191919251931
1933–3473rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.5%with Democrats
of 71 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, +15 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
May 28, 1934H.R. 5043No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 24, 1934H.R. 2837No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 11, 1934H.R. 8781No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8781), 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
May 11, 1934H.R. 8781No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 10, 1934S. 3235No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 8, 1934H.Res. 364No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 4, 1934H.R. 9326No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 4, 1934H.R. 9323No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 1, 1934H.R. 7835No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 71 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

4 Congresses
63rd · 191373rd · 1933
Democrat · House · CA63rd–73rd
Term datesexact
Members · California
DC

Denver Samuel Church

Representative from California
HOUSED1913–19354 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
77.5%with Democrats
of 324 votes · 22.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested77%of 324 · combined
Steepest move+15 pts1913→15, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019131933
1933–34 · 73rd · Democrat · of 71 votes84.5%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 73rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191373rd · 1933
Democrat63rd–73rd

Party switchers

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