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James Edwin Ellerbe

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1905–1913ID E000113
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 433 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 433 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1907 → 1909
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 ↓19051911
1911–1262nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91%with Democrats
of 89 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1907 → 1909, −7 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 4, 1913H.R. 28775No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1913H.R. 28812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1913H.R. 28858No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 28858), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 1, 1913S. 5382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913S.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913H.R. 27148No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913S. 4043No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1913H.R. 28499No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1913H.R. 28283No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 89 contested votes scored in the 62nd 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

4 Congresses
59th · 190562nd · 1911
Democrat · House · SC59th–62nd
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
JE

James Edwin Ellerbe

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1905–19134 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
92.6%with Democrats
of 433 votes · 7.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 433 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1907→09, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019051911
1911–12 · 62nd · Democrat · of 89 votes91%

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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 · 89 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

59th · 190562nd · 1911
Democrat59th–62nd

Party switchers

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