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George Whitfield Scranton

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1859–1861ID S000191
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 191 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 191 · 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 as a Republican
14.1%with Democrats
of 191 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
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1010No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 899No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 899), 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
Feb 28, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 191 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
Republican · House · PA36th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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George Whitfield Scranton

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER1859–18611 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
14.1%with Democrats
of 191 votes · 85.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 191 · combined

Career arc

10050018591859
1859–60 · 36th · Republican · of 191 votes14.1%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 191 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
Republican36th–36th

Party switchers

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