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Samuel McKee

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1865–1869ID M000497
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LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 510 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 510 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1865 → 1867
the label changed
Changed parties
40th
O → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓1865O→R · 40th
1867–6840th Congress
Sat as a Republican
19.3%with Democrats
of 187 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1865 → 1867, −4 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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 3, 1869S. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1869H.J.Res. 413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 187 contested votes scored in the 40th 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

2 Congresses
39th · 186540th · 1867
Other party · House · KY39th–39th
Republican · House · KY40th–40th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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Samuel McKee

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEO→R1865–18692 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
21.8%with Democrats
of 510 votes · 78.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested22%of 510 · combined
Steepest move−4 pts1865→67, as a Republican
Changed parties40thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18651867
1867–68 · 40th · Republican · of 187 votes19.3%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 187 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186540th · 1867
Other party39th–39th
Republican40th–40th

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