John Phillips Saylor

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1949–1975ID S000102

LegislationHEADLINE

32%with Dems

of 1,497 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

32%with Dems

of 1,497 · both combined

Steepest move

+16 pts

1967 → 1969

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 ↓19491955196119671973

1973–7493rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

26.8%with Democrats

of 168 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +16 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

Oct 18, 1973H.R. 9639No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 18, 1973H.R. 10397No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 17, 1973S. 2016No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2016), 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

Open roll call

Oct 17, 1973H.R. 9681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 17, 1973H.R. 9681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 17, 1973H.R. 9286No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 16, 1973H.R. 9681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 16, 1973H.R. 9681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 16, 1973H.R. 10717No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 168 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance23.7% · 38 votes

Congress15% · 20 votes

Labor and Employment77.8% · 18 votes

District of Columbia30% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

International Affairs— · 7 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes

Energy— · 6 votes

Law— · 6 votes

Government Operations and Politics— · 5 votes

Transportation and Public Works— · 5 votes

Armed Forces and National Security— · 4 votes

Environmental Protection— · 4 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3 votes

Health— · 3 votes

Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2 votes

Education— · 2 votes

Commemorations— · 1 vote

Commerce— · 1 vote

Congressional-executive relations— · 1 vote

Gold— · 1 vote

Housing and Community Development— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 1 vote

Public works— · 1 vote

Social Welfare— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 17 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Coins and coinage, Credit, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Foreign Trade and International Finance, Minorities, Private Legislation, Recreation areas, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers.

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

Service record

13 Congresses

81st · 194993rd · 1973

Republican · House · PA81st–93rd

Term datesexact

John Phillips Saylor

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSER1949–197513 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

32.2%with Democrats

of 1,497 votes · 67.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested32%of 1,497 · combined

Steepest move+16 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019491973

1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 168 votes26.8%

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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 · 168 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance23.7% · 38

Congress15% · 20

Labor and Employment77.8% · 18

District of Columbia30% · 10

International Affairs— · 7

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6

Energy— · 6

Law— · 6

Government Operations and Politics— · 5

Transportation and Public Works— · 5

Armed Forces and National Security— · 4

Environmental Protection— · 4

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3

Health— · 3

Agriculture and Food— · 2

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2

Education— · 2

Commemorations— · 1

Commerce— · 1

Congressional-executive relations— · 1

Gold— · 1

Housing and Community Development— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 1

Public works— · 1

Social Welfare— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 17 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Coins and coinage, Credit, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Foreign Trade and International Finance, Minorities, Private Legislation, Recreation areas, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers.

Service record

81st · 194993rd · 1973

Republican81st–93rd

Party switchers

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