Joseph Raleigh Bryson

Representative from South Carolina

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1955ID B000999

LegislationHEADLINE

74%with Dems

of 723 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

74%with Dems

of 723 · both combined

Steepest move

+44 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 ↓193919451951

1953–5483rd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

100%with Democrats

of 4 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +44 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 13, 1953H.R. 3575No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 10, 1953H.R. 3575No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1953H.J.Res. 160No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 160), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Feb 25, 1953H.R. 2332No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1953H.Res. 119No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 19, 1953H.R. 3053No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 19, 1953H.R. 3053No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 3, 1953S. 243No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 3, 1953H.R. 1719No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 4 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

8 Congresses

76th · 193983rd · 1953

Democrat · House · SC76th–83rd

Term datesexact

Joseph Raleigh Bryson

Representative from South Carolina

HOUSED1939–19558 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

74.3%with Democrats

of 723 votes · 25.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested74%of 723 · combined

Steepest move+44 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391953

1953–54 · 83rd · Democrat · of 4 votes100%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 4 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193983rd · 1953

Democrat76th–83rd

Party switchers

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