RC
Richard Harvey Cain
Representative from South CarolinaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1873–1879ID C000022
LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 485 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 485 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1873 → 1877
still a Republican
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 ↓1873
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.8%with Democrats
of 207 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1877, +8 pts — within one party label.
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, 1879H.R. 6462LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6500LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 5580LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5580), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6463LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6471LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 207 contested votes scored in the 45th 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
2 Congresses43rd · 187345th · 1877
Republican · House · SC43rd–45th
Term datesexact