Stephen Milancthon Sparkman

Representative from Florida

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1895–1917ID S000702

LegislationHEADLINE

92%with Dems

of 629 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

92%with Dems

of 629 · both combined

Steepest move

+10 pts

1909 → 1911

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 ↓1895190119071913

1915–1664th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

96%with Democrats

of 50 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1909 → 1911, +10 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

Mar 3, 1917H.R. 655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 21052), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Feb 28, 1917H.Res. 540No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917H.Res. 434No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917H.R. 20967No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 24, 1917H.R. 19359No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 50 contested votes scored in the 64th 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

11 Congresses

54th · 189564th · 1915

Democrat · House · FL54th–64th

Term datesexact

Stephen Milancthon Sparkman

Representative from Florida

HOUSED1895–191711 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

91.6%with Democrats

of 629 votes · 8.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested92%of 629 · combined

Steepest move+10 pts1909→11, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018951915

1915–16 · 64th · Democrat · of 50 votes96%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 50 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189564th · 1915

Democrat54th–64th

Party switchers

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