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Samuel Anderson Purviance
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1857–1859ID P000576
LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 319 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 319 · 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 ↓1857
1857–5835th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.9%with Democrats
of 319 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 3, 1859S. 577LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1859H.R. 713LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 713), 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, 1859H.R. 713LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859H.R. 713LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859H.R. 713LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859H.R. 713LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1859noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 319 contested votes scored in the 35th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
1 Congresses35th · 1857
Republican · House · PA35th–35th
Term datesexact