Samuel Andrew Witherspoon

Representative from Mississippi

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1911–1915ID W000662

LegislationHEADLINE

87%with Dems

of 277 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

87%with Dems

of 277 · both combined

Steepest move

−14 pts

1911 → 1913

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 ↓1911

1913–1463rd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

79.2%with Democrats

of 125 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, −14 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, 1915H.R. 20415No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1915S. 4522No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1915H.R. 20189No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 20189), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

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Mar 1, 1915H.R. 20415No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1915H.R. 19422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1915H.R. 19909No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1915H.R. 19422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1915H.R. 19422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 24, 1915H.R. 17869No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 125 contested votes scored in the 63rd 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

2 Congresses

62nd · 191163rd · 1913

Democrat · House · MS62nd–63rd

Term datesexact

Samuel Andrew Witherspoon

Representative from Mississippi

HOUSED1911–19152 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

86.6%with Democrats

of 277 votes · 13.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested87%of 277 · combined

Steepest move−14 pts1911→13, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019111913

1913–14 · 63rd · Democrat · of 125 votes79.2%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 125 contested votes scored in the 63rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191163rd · 1913

Democrat62nd–63rd

Party switchers

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