RA
Robert Thomas Ashmore
Representative from South CarolinaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1953–1969ID A000223
LegislationHEADLINE
38%with Dems
of 845 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
38%with Dems
of 845 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1955 → 1957
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 ↓195319591965
1967–6890th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
17.5%with Democrats
of 143 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, −17 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
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 19908LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 17735LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 3, 1968H.R. 18037LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 18037), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Oct 3, 1968H.R. 18037LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 3, 1968H.R. 18037LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1968S. 3068LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 25, 1968S. 3068LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1968H.R. 17126LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 19, 1968H.R. 19908LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 143 contested votes scored in the 90th 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
8 Congresses83rd · 195390th · 1967
Democrat · House · SC83rd–90th
Term datesexact