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Samuel Isaac Hopkins

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1887–1889ID H000779
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LegislationHEADLINE
60%with Dems
of 141 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
60%with Dems
of 141 · both combined

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 ↓1887
1887–8850th Congress
Sat under another party label
59.6%with Democrats
of 141 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1889S. 2511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2511), 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
Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 141 contested votes scored in the 50th 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

1 Congresses
50th · 1887
Other party · House · VA50th–50th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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Samuel Isaac Hopkins

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEO1887–18891 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
59.6%with Democrats
of 141 votes · 40.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested60%of 141 · combined

Career arc

10050018871887
1887–88 · 50th · Other party · of 141 votes59.6%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 141 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

50th · 188750th · 1887
Other party50th–50th

Party switchers

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