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Samuel William Yorty
Representative from CaliforniaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1951–1955ID Y000024
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 169 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 169 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓1951
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78.7%with Democrats
of 61 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −16 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
Aug 19, 1954H.R. 10051LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9678LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 9, 1954H.Res. 687LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 687), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9245LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 9, 1954H.Res. 590LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 4, 1954S. 16LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 30, 1954H.R. 8384LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1954H.Con.Res. 266LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1954H.R. 9666LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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
2 Congresses82nd · 195183rd · 1953
Democrat · House · CA82nd–83rd
Term datesexact