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Samuel Davis Woods

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1899–1903ID W000726
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 120 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 120 · both combined
Steepest move
−0 pts
1899 → 1901
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 ↓1899
1901–0257th Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.2%with Democrats
of 97 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1899 → 1901, −0 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, 1903H.R. 7659No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1903S. 7307No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1903H.R. 17202No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17202), 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 3, 1903S. 5118No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1903H.R. 12199No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1903H.R. 16910No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1903H.R. 16990No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1903H.R. 17493No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 97 contested votes scored in the 57th 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
56th · 189957th · 1901
Republican · House · CA56th–57th
Term datesexact
Members · California
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Samuel Davis Woods

Representative from California
HOUSER1899–19032 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
8.3%with Democrats
of 120 votes · 91.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 120 · combined
Steepest move−0 pts1899→01, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018991901
1901–02 · 57th · Republican · of 97 votes8.2%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 97 contested votes scored in the 57th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189957th · 1901
Republican56th–57th

Party switchers

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