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Morgan Gurley Sanders
Representative from TexasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1921–1939ID S000037
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 846 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 846 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1929 → 1931
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 ↓192119271933
1937–3875th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.8%with Democrats
of 99 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, −8 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
Jun 15, 1938H.R. 10530LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 14, 1938H.R. 92LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1938H.J.Res. 679LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 679), 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
Jun 14, 1938H.J.Res. 679LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1938S. 2475LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1938H.R. 521LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 11, 1938S.Con.Res. 31LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1938H.R. 10238LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1938H.R. 10238LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 99 contested votes scored in the 75th 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
9 Congresses67th · 192175th · 1937
Democrat · House · TX67th–75th
Term datesexact