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Samuel Nathaniel Friedel

Representative from Maryland
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1953–1971ID F000384
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 1,011 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 1,011 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓195319591965
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.8%with Democrats
of 119 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +13 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 30, 1970H.R. 18582No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 19590No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 1970H.R. 19446No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 19446), 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
Dec 21, 1970H.J.Res. 1146No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1970H.J.Res. 1146No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1970H.Res. 1308No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 1970H.R. 14233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1970H.R. 17809No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1970S. 2193No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 119 contested votes scored in the 91st 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

9 Congresses
83rd · 195391st · 1969
Democrat · House · MD83rd–91st
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
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Samuel Nathaniel Friedel

Representative from Maryland
HOUSED1953–19719 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
92.3%with Democrats
of 1,011 votes · 7.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 1,011 · combined
Steepest move+13 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019531969
1969–70 · 91st · Democrat · of 119 votes90.8%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 119 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

83rd · 195391st · 1969
Democrat83rd–91st

Party switchers

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