Joseph Augustine Scranton

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1881–1897ID S000192

LegislationHEADLINE

9%with Dems

of 689 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

9%with Dems

of 689 · both combined

Steepest move

+17 pts

1893 → 1895

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 ↓188118871893

1895–9654th Congress

Sat as a Republican

19.1%with Democrats

of 89 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, +17 pts — within one party label.

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 3, 1897H.R. 7864No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1897H.R. 10329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1897H.R. 7422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7422), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

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Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10090No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10090No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1897S. 3547No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 25, 1897H.R. 849No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 89 contested votes scored in the 54th 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

5 Congresses

47th · 188154th · 1895

Republican · House · PA47th–54th

Term datesexact

Joseph Augustine Scranton

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSER1881–18975 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

9.1%with Democrats

of 689 votes · 90.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested9%of 689 · combined

Steepest move+17 pts1893→95, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018811895

1895–96 · 54th · Republican · of 89 votes19.1%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 89 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188154th · 1895

Republican47th–54th

Party switchers

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