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Robert Brown Elliott

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1871–1875ID E000128
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 247 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 247 · both combined
Steepest move
−0 pts
1871 → 1873
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 ↓1871
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.8%with Democrats
of 47 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, −0 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
Jun 8, 1874S. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 2, 1874H.R. 3170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 30, 1874S. 350No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 350), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Apr 28, 1874H.R. 2064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 28, 1874H.R. 2064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 28, 1874H.R. 2064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 28, 1874H.R. 2064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 20, 1874noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 20, 1874H.R. 2986No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 47 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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

2 Congresses
42nd · 187143rd · 1873
Republican · House · SC42nd–43rd
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
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Robert Brown Elliott

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSER1871–18752 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Democrats
of 247 votes · 87% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 247 · combined
Steepest move−0 pts1871→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018711873
1873–74 · 43rd · Republican · of 47 votes12.8%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 47 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

42nd · 187143rd · 1873
Republican42nd–43rd

Party switchers

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