Samuel Francis Hobbs

Representative from Alabama

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1951ID H000663

LegislationHEADLINE

81%with Dems

of 764 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

81%with Dems

of 764 · both combined

Steepest move

−17 pts

1947 → 1949

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 ↓193519411947

1949–5081st Congress

Sat as a Democrat

68%with Democrats

of 128 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, −17 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

Jan 2, 1951H.R. 5244No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3295), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

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Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Dec 20, 1950H.R. 9798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 13, 1950H.R. 9853No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 128 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

8 Congresses

74th · 193581st · 1949

Democrat · House · AL74th–81st

Term datesexact

Samuel Francis Hobbs

Representative from Alabama

HOUSED1935–19518 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

81.3%with Democrats

of 764 votes · 18.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested81%of 764 · combined

Steepest move−17 pts1947→49, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351949

1949–50 · 81st · Democrat · of 128 votes68%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 128 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193581st · 1949

Democrat74th–81st

Party switchers

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