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Samuel Rutherford

Representative from Georgia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1925–1933ID R000549
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 145 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 145 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1925 → 1927
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 ↓19251931
1931–3272nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 6 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +9 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 3, 1932S. 2334No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 19, 1932H.R. 7360No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 18, 1932H.R. 101No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 101), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jan 15, 1932H.R. 7360No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 9, 1932H.R. 6662No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 8, 1932H.R. 87No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 6, 1932H.R. 6660No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1931H.R. 6172No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1931H.J.Res. 147No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 6 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

4 Congresses
69th · 192572nd · 1931
Democrat · House · GA69th–72nd
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
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Samuel Rutherford

Representative from Georgia
HOUSED1925–19334 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.3%with Democrats
of 145 votes · 9.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 145 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1925→27, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019251931
1931–32 · 72nd · Democrat · of 6 votes100%

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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 · 6 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

69th · 192572nd · 1931
Democrat69th–72nd

Party switchers

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