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Samuel Bronson Cooper

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1893–1909ID C000761
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 593 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 593 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1903 → 1907
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 ↓189318991905
1907–0860th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.4%with Democrats
of 129 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1903 → 1907, −11 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
Mar 3, 1909S. 4441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1909S. 28No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1909H.Res. 607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 607), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 1, 1909S. 4825No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1909H.Res. 597No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1909H.Res. 597No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1909noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 129 contested votes scored in the 60th 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

7 Congresses
53rd · 189360th · 1907
Democrat · House · TX53rd–60th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
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Samuel Bronson Cooper

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1893–19097 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
89.7%with Democrats
of 593 votes · 10.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 593 · combined
Steepest move−11 pts1903→07, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018931907
1907–08 · 60th · Democrat · of 129 votes81.4%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 129 contested votes scored in the 60th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189360th · 1907
Democrat53rd–60th

Party switchers

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