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Matthew Calbraith Butler
Senator from South CarolinaSENATEDEMOCRAT1877–1895ID B001184
LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 1,884 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 1,884 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1877 → 1879
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 ↓187718831889
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78.2%with Democrats
of 197 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, +13 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 2, 1895noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8892LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8665LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8665), 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
Mar 2, 1895S. 1620LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8665LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8234LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8665LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895H.R. 8892LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895H.R. 8892LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 197 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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
9 Congresses45th · 187753rd · 1893
Democrat · Senate · SC45th–53rd
Term datesexact