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Samuel Chapman Massingale

Representative from Oklahoma
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1943ID M000231
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 369 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 369 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓19351941
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.8%with Democrats
of 147 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +6 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 3, 1941noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
1 most recent roll calls shown · 0 contested votes scored in the 77th 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

4 Congresses
74th · 193577th · 1941
Democrat · House · OK74th–77th
Term datesexact
Members · Oklahoma
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Samuel Chapman Massingale

Representative from Oklahoma
HOUSED1935–19434 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
84.6%with Democrats
of 369 votes · 15.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 369 · combined
Steepest move+6 pts1937→39, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351941
1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 147 votes87.8%

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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.
Latest 1 shown · 0 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193577th · 1941
Democrat74th–77th

Party switchers

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