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Samuel Hambleton

Representative from Maryland
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1869–1873ID H000095
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 454 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 454 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
1869 → 1871
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 ↓1869
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.4%with Democrats
of 209 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, +1 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, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2991), 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 27, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 209 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
41st · 186942nd · 1871
Democrat · House · MD41st–42nd
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
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Samuel Hambleton

Representative from Maryland
HOUSED1869–18732 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
89.9%with Democrats
of 454 votes · 10.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 454 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts1869→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018691871
1871–72 · 42nd · Democrat · of 209 votes90.4%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 209 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186942nd · 1871
Democrat41st–42nd

Party switchers

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