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Charles Sampson Hartman

Representative from Montana
HOUSEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY1893–1899ID H000300
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LegislationHEADLINE
44%with Dems
of 240 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
44%with Dems
of 240 · both combined
Steepest move
+61 pts
1895 → 1897
the label changed
Changed parties
55th
R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓1893R→O · 55th
1897–9855th Congress
Sat under another party label
89.6%with Democrats
of 67 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, +61 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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, 1899H.R. 12122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1899H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1899H.R. 11882No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11882), 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
Mar 1, 1899H.R. 4936No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1899H.R. 11683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1899H.R. 12122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1899H.R. 12125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1899S. 460No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 17, 1899H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

3 Congresses
53rd · 189355th · 1897
Republican · House · MT53rd–54th
Other party · House · MT55th–55th
Term datesexact
Members · Montana
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Charles Sampson Hartman

Representative from Montana
HOUSER→O1893–18993 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
43.8%with Democrats
of 240 votes · 56.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested44%of 240 · combined
Steepest move+61 pts1895→97, under another label
Changed parties55thR→O

Career arc

100500R→O18931897
1897–98 · 55th · Other party · of 67 votes89.6%

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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 · 67 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189355th · 1897
Republican53rd–54th
Other party55th–55th

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