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George Whitfield Scranton
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1859–1861ID S000191
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. 1010LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1009LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 899LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · 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. 80LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 191 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
1 Congresses36th · 1859
Republican · House · PA36th–36th
Term datesexact