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Samuel Fowler

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1889–1893ID F000326
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 353 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 353 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓1889
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.1%with Democrats
of 74 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −10 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 2, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 2566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1893H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7845), 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
Feb 28, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 74 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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
51st · 188952nd · 1891
Democrat · House · NJ51st–52nd
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
SF

Samuel Fowler

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSED1889–18932 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
88.7%with Democrats
of 353 votes · 11.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 353 · combined
Steepest move−10 pts1889→91, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018891891
1891–92 · 52nd · Democrat · of 74 votes81.1%

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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 · 74 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188952nd · 1891
Democrat51st–52nd

Party switchers

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