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Nathaniel Barksdale Dial

Senator from South Carolina
SENATEDEMOCRAT1919–1925ID D000298
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 752 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 752 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1921 → 1923
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 ↓1919
1923–2468th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
74%with Democrats
of 96 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, −15 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, 1925H.R. 2688No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1925noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1925noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 28, 1925H.R. 11472No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1925H.R. 11472No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1925H.R. 11472No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1925H.R. 12392No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1925H.R. 11444No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1925S. 3011No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 68th 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

3 Congresses
66th · 191968th · 1923
Democrat · Senate · SC66th–68th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
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Nathaniel Barksdale Dial

Senator from South Carolina
SENATED1919–19253 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
87.2%with Democrats
of 752 votes · 12.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 752 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1921→23, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019191923
1923–24 · 68th · Democrat · of 96 votes74%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 68th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

66th · 191968th · 1923
Democrat66th–68th

Party switchers

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