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Samuel Arthur Weiss
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1941–1947ID W000257
LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 152 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 152 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓1941
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.6%with Democrats
of 32 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, +7 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
Dec 18, 1945S. 1580LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 14, 1945S. 380LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 14, 1945S. 380LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 380), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Nov 1, 1945H.J.Res. 266LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 30, 1945H.Con.Res. 80LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 29, 1945H.R. 694LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 18, 1945H.Res. 367LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 18, 1945H.Res. 375LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 18, 1945H.R. 3615LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 32 contested votes scored in the 79th 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
3 Congresses77th · 194179th · 1945
Democrat · House · PA77th–79th
Term datesexact