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William Jennings Bryan Dorn

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1975ID D000434
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LegislationHEADLINE
43%with Dems
of 1,632 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
43%with Dems
of 1,632 · both combined
Steepest move
+21 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 ↓19471953195919651971
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
35.8%with Democrats
of 279 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +21 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 620No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1974S. 4206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14449), 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
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1494No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 279 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance25% · 60 votes
Congress40.6% · 32 votes
Energy15.4% · 26 votes
Labor and Employment35% · 20 votes
International Affairs5.9% · 17 votes
Transportation and Public Works46.2% · 13 votes
District of Columbia41.7% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Government Operations and Politics— · 8 votes
Armed Forces and National Security— · 7 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Education— · 4 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Health— · 3 votes
Law— · 3 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes
Commerce— · 2 votes
Public works— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Mines and mineral resources— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 28 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Petroleum industry, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Vietnamese Conflict, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

13 Congresses
80th · 194793rd · 1973
Democrat · House · SC80th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
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William Jennings Bryan Dorn

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1947–197513 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
42.6%with Democrats
of 1,632 votes · 57.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested43%of 1,632 · combined
Steepest move+21 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019471973
1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 279 votes35.8%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 279 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance25% · 60
Congress40.6% · 32
Energy15.4% · 26
Labor and Employment35% · 20
International Affairs5.9% · 17
Transportation and Public Works46.2% · 13
District of Columbia41.7% · 12
Government Operations and Politics— · 8
Armed Forces and National Security— · 7
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Environmental Protection— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Education— · 4
Housing and Community Development— · 4
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Health— · 3
Law— · 3
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3
Agriculture and Food— · 2
Commerce— · 2
Public works— · 2
Real property— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Mines and mineral resources— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 28 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Petroleum industry, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Vietnamese Conflict, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

80th · 194793rd · 1973
Democrat80th–93rd

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