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David Wyatt Aiken
Representative from South CarolinaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1877–1887ID A000061
LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 808 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 808 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓18771883
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
68.4%with Democrats
of 155 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, −12 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, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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 3, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8239LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8239LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8280LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8256LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 155 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
5 Congresses45th · 187749th · 1885
Democrat · House · SC45th–49th
Term datesexact