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Joseph Haynsworth Earle

Senator from South Carolina
SENATEDEMOCRAT1897–1899ID E000009
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 7 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 7 · both combined

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 ↓1897
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.7%with Democrats
of 7 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Jul 6, 1898H.J.Res. 259No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 20, 1897S.J.Res. 26No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 20, 1897S.J.Res. 26No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 26), 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
May 20, 1897S.J.Res. 26No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 5, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 1, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 31, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 23, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 22, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 7 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

1 Congresses
55th · 1897
Democrat · Senate · SC55th–55th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
JE

Joseph Haynsworth Earle

Senator from South Carolina
SENATED1897–18991 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.7%with Democrats
of 7 votes · 14.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 7 · combined

Career arc

10050018971897
1897–98 · 55th · Democrat · of 7 votes85.7%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 7 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189755th · 1897
Democrat55th–55th

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