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Samuel Hughes Woodson

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1857–1861ID W000728
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LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 480 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 480 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1857 → 1859
under one label

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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat under another party label
79.8%with Democrats
of 188 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +5 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 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861S. 10No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 910No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 971No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1010No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 188 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
35th · 185736th · 1859
Other party · House · MO35th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Samuel Hughes Woodson

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEO1857–18612 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
76.9%with Democrats
of 480 votes · 23.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested77%of 480 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1857→59, under another label

Career arc

10050018571859
1859–60 · 36th · Other party · of 188 votes79.8%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 188 contested votes scored in the 36th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185736th · 1859
Other party35th–36th

Party switchers

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