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John Schwartz

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1859–1861ID S000158
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LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 195 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 195 · both combined

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 ↓1859
1859–6036th Congress
Sat under another party label
21.5%with Democrats
of 195 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 12, 1860H.R. 350No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 12, 1860noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 12, 1860H.R. 437No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 437), 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
Jun 12, 1860H.R. 503No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 12, 1860H.R. 665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 12, 1860S.J.Res. 35No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 9, 1860H.R. 663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 8, 1860noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 8, 1860noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 195 contested votes scored in the 36th 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

1 Congresses
36th · 1859
Other party · House · PA36th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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John Schwartz

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEO1859–18611 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
21.5%with Democrats
of 195 votes · 78.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested22%of 195 · combined

Career arc

10050018591859
1859–60 · 36th · Other party · of 195 votes21.5%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 195 contested votes scored in the 36th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185936th · 1859
Other party36th–36th

Party switchers

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