Rep. Samuel Dickstein

Former Representative from New York’s 19^th District, Democrat

Dickstein, a Democrat, was the representative for New York's 19^th congressional district from 1945 to 1946.

He was previously the representative for New York's 12^th congressional district (1931-1944); the representative for New York's 12^th congressional district (1927-1931); the representative for New York's 12^th congressional district (1925-1927); and the representative for New York's 12^th congressional district (1923-1925).

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Voting Record

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From Dec 1923 to Dec 1945, Dickstein missed 405 of 1,738 roll call votes, which is 23.3%. This is much worse than the median of 4.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1945. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	30	11	36.7%	97^th
1924 Mar-May	85	35	41.2%	95^th
1924 Jun-Jun	10	1	10.0%	41^st
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	54	10	18.5%	95^th
Dec 1925-Feb 1926	22	4	18.2%	86^th
1926 Mar-May	37	11	29.7%	90^th
1926 Jun-Jul	22	3	13.6%	61^st
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	33	5	15.2%	84^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	54	32	59.3%	94^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	18	9	50.0%	95^th
1929 Apr-Jun	14	5	35.7%	85^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	9	6	66.7%	90^th
1930 Mar-May	26	5	19.2%	51^st
1930 Jun-Jul	21	9	42.9%	85^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	33	10	30.3%	87^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	17	5	29.4%	83^rd
1932 Mar-May	39	7	17.9%	77^th
1932 Jun-Jul	30	11	36.7%	83^rd
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	37	12	32.4%	93^rd
1933 Mar-Jun	61	10	16.4%	87^th
1934 Jan-Jun	82	37	45.1%	96^th
1935 Jan-Mar	32	5	15.6%	97^th
1935 Apr-Jun	40	8	20.0%	96^th
1935 Jul-Aug	60	5	8.3%	59^th
1936 Jan-Jun	80	28	35.0%	83^rd
1937 Jan-Mar	19	4	21.1%	73^rd
1937 Apr-Jun	41	8	19.5%	66^th
1937 Jul-Aug	28	10	35.7%	77^th
1937 Dec-Dec	9	4	44.4%	98^th
1938 Jan-Jun	61	6	9.8%	82^nd
1939 Jan-Mar	30	4	13.3%	86^th
1939 Apr-Jun	42	5	11.9%	92^nd
1939 Jul-Aug	16	3	18.8%	90^th
1939 Oct-Nov	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	31	2	6.5%	69^th
1940 Apr-Jun	63	8	12.7%	94^th
1940 Jul-Sep	28	5	17.9%	81^st
1940 Oct-Dec	10	2	20.0%	57^th
1941 Jan-Mar	17	4	23.5%	90^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	4	12.9%	75^th
1941 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	15	2	13.3%	88^th
1942 Jan-Mar	26	2	7.7%	88^th
1942 Apr-Jun	30	3	10.0%	79^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	3	27.3%	83^rd
1942 Oct-Nov	5	1	20.0%	70^th
1943 Jan-Mar	17	2	11.8%	69^th
1943 Apr-Jun	49	13	26.5%	95^th
1943 Jul-Sep	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Oct-Dec	12	3	25.0%	81^st
1944 Jan-Mar	23	3	13.0%	71^st
1944 Apr-Jun	32	9	28.1%	96^th
1944 Sep-Sep	3	3	100.0%	94^th
1944 Nov-Dec	7	4	57.1%	92^nd
1945 Jan-Mar	27	1	3.7%	74^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	1	2.5%	63^rd
1945 Jul-Sep	12	1	8.3%	75^th
1945 Oct-Dec	22	1	4.5%	69^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000

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