Samuel Kerns McConnell Jr.

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1943–1959ID M000354

LegislationHEADLINE

11%with Dems

of 597 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

11%with Dems

of 597 · both combined

Steepest move

−14 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓194319491955

1957–5885th Congress

Sat as a Republican

20.9%with Democrats

of 43 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −14 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

Aug 27, 1957H.R. 7915No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 27, 1957H.Res. 410No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 410), 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

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Aug 23, 1957H.R. 9131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 22, 1957H.Con.Res. 17No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 21, 1957H.R. 9379No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 15, 1957H.R. 9302No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 15, 1957H.R. 9302No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 43 contested votes scored in the 85th 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

78th · 194385th · 1957

Republican · House · PA78th–85th

Term datesexact

Samuel Kerns McConnell Jr.

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSER1943–19598 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

11.2%with Democrats

of 597 votes · 88.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested11%of 597 · combined

Steepest move−14 pts1951→53, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019431957

1957–58 · 85th · Republican · of 43 votes20.9%

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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 · 43 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194385th · 1957

Republican78th–85th

Party switchers

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