SR
Samuel Matthews Robertson
Representative from LouisianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1887–1907ID R000324
LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 808 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 808 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1887 → 1889
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 ↓1887189318991905
1905–0659th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.2%with Democrats
of 39 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, +13 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
Feb 25, 1907S. 529LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1907H.R. 19524LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1907S. 6147LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 6147), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Feb 23, 1907S. 5133LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1907H.Res. 823LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1907S. 5133LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1907S. 4403LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1907S. 4403LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 28, 1907H.R. 24746LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 39 contested votes scored in the 59th 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
10 Congresses50th · 188759th · 1905
Democrat · House · LA50th–59th
Term datesexact