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Samuel Dickstein

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1923–1947ID D000335
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 765 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 765 · both combined
Steepest move
+24 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓1923192919351941
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 31 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, +24 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
Dec 19, 1945H.R. 4805No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 6, 1945H.R. 4649No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1945H.R. 3517No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3517), 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
Sep 24, 1945H.Res. 248No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 11, 1945S.Con.Res. 27No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 11, 1945S.Con.Res. 27No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 6, 1945H.R. 3633No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 5, 1945H.Res. 311No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1945S.J.Res. 30No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 31 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

12 Congresses
68th · 192379th · 1945
Democrat · House · NY68th–79th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Samuel Dickstein

Representative from New York
HOUSED1923–194712 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.7%with Democrats
of 765 votes · 16.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 765 · combined
Steepest move+24 pts1931→33, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231945
1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 31 votes100%

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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 · 31 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192379th · 1945
Democrat68th–79th

Party switchers

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