SC
Samuel Ryan Curtis
Representative from IowaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1857–1863ID C001013
LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 607 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 607 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1857
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Republican
29.4%with Democrats
of 17 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +18 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
Jul 29, 1861H.R. 71LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1861S. 41LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jul 22, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 22, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 19, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 18, 1861H.R. 54LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 18, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 17 contested votes scored in the 37th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses35th · 185737th · 1861
Republican · House · IA35th–37th
Term datesexact