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Sam Riley Sells
Representative from TennesseeHOUSEREPUBLICAN1911–1921ID S000235
LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 392 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 392 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓19111917
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Republican
20.5%with Democrats
of 117 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, +10 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, 1921H.R. 15422LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15934LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1921S. 1551LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1551), 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
Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15943LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1921H.J.Res. 382LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1921H.J.Res. 382LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1921noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1921noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1921noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 66th 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
5 Congresses62nd · 191166th · 1919
Republican · House · TN62nd–66th
Term datesexact