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Samuel Hooper

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1861–1875ID H000765
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 2,122 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 2,122 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1869 → 1871
still a Republican

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 ↓186118671873
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
13%with Democrats
of 146 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, −10 pts — within one party label.
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
Feb 8, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1875H.R. 796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1875H.R. 796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 796), 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 4, 1875H.R. 796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1875H.R. 145No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1875H.R. 796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1875H.R. 796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 1, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 146 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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

7 Congresses
37th · 186143rd · 1873
Republican · House · MA37th–43rd
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
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Samuel Hooper

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSER1861–18757 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
11.5%with Democrats
of 2,122 votes · 88.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 2,122 · combined
Steepest move−10 pts1869→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018611873
1873–74 · 43rd · Republican · of 146 votes13%

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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 · 146 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186143rd · 1873
Republican37th–43rd

Party switchers

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