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Charles William Sandman Jr.

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1967–1975ID S000045
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LegislationHEADLINE
28%with Dems
of 756 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
28%with Dems
of 756 · both combined
Steepest move
+20 pts
1971 → 1973
still a Republican

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 ↓19671973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
36.8%with Democrats
of 285 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, +20 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1494No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 1520), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.J.Res. 1180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 16596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.J.Res. 1178No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 285 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance41.4% · 58 votes
Congress31% · 42 votes
Labor and Employment66.7% · 18 votes
Energy35.3% · 17 votes
International Affairs50% · 16 votes
Transportation and Public Works27.3% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Armed Forces and National Security— · 9 votes
Government Operations and Politics— · 9 votes
District of Columbia— · 7 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 7 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 5 votes
Law— · 5 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4 votes
Environmental Protection— · 4 votes
Health— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Education— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2 votes
Commemorations— · 2 votes
Commerce— · 2 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 26 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

4 Congresses
90th · 196793rd · 1973
Republican · House · NJ90th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
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Charles William Sandman Jr.

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSER1967–19754 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
28.3%with Democrats
of 756 votes · 71.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested28%of 756 · combined
Steepest move+20 pts1971→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019671973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 285 votes36.8%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 285 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance41.4% · 58
Congress31% · 42
Labor and Employment66.7% · 18
Energy35.3% · 17
International Affairs50% · 16
Transportation and Public Works27.3% · 11
Armed Forces and National Security— · 9
Government Operations and Politics— · 9
District of Columbia— · 7
Mines and mineral resources— · 7
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 5
Law— · 5
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4
Environmental Protection— · 4
Health— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Education— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Housing and Community Development— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2
Commemorations— · 2
Commerce— · 2
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2
Real property— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 26 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

90th · 196793rd · 1973
Republican90th–93rd

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