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Samuel Jackson Randall

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1863–1891ID R000039
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 2,701 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 2,701 · both combined
Steepest move
−33 pts
1877 → 1879
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 ↓18631869187518811887
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
59.2%with Democrats
of 103 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −33 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
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12008), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP 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
9 most recent roll calls shown · 103 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

14 Congresses
38th · 186351st · 1889
Democrat · House · PA38th–51st
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Samuel Jackson Randall

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1863–189114 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.4%with Democrats
of 2,701 votes · 14.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 2,701 · combined
Steepest move−33 pts1877→79, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018631889
1887–88 · 50th · Democrat · of 103 votes59.2%

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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 · 103 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186351st · 1889
Democrat38th–51st

Party switchers

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