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Samuel LaFort Collins

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1933–1937ID C000643
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 181 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 181 · both combined
Steepest move
−1 pts
1933 → 1935
still a Republican

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 ↓1933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Republican
17%with Democrats
of 88 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −1 pts — within one party label.
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
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 3, 1936H.R. 8455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 2, 1936H.R. 11072No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11072), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Jun 2, 1936H.R. 11687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 29, 1936H.R. 11418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 29, 1936H.R. 11418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 22, 1936S. 3398No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 22, 1936S. 3531No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 19, 1936H.R. 11214No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 88 contested votes scored in the 74th 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
73rd · 193374th · 1935
Republican · House · CA73rd–74th
Term datesexact
Members · California
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Samuel LaFort Collins

Representative from California
HOUSER1933–19372 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
17.7%with Democrats
of 181 votes · 82.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested18%of 181 · combined
Steepest move−1 pts1933→35, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019331935
1935–36 · 74th · Republican · of 88 votes17%

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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 · 88 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193374th · 1935
Republican73rd–74th

Party switchers

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