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John Buell Snyder

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1947ID S000668
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 582 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 582 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1943 → 1945
still a Democrat

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 ↓193319391945
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.5%with Democrats
of 44 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, +8 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Feb 21, 1946H.R. 3370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1946H.R. 3370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1946H.R. 3370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3370), 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 7, 1946H.R. 4908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1946S. 380No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 31, 1946H.Res. 500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 29, 1946H.R. 4437No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 29, 1946H.R. 4437No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1946H.R. 5201No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 44 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

7 Congresses
73rd · 193379th · 1945
Democrat · House · PA73rd–79th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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John Buell Snyder

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1933–19477 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.6%with Democrats
of 582 votes · 7.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 582 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1943→45, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331945
1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 44 votes95.5%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 44 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193379th · 1945
Democrat73rd–79th

Party switchers

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