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William Elliott

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1887–1903ID E000129
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 669 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 669 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1887 → 1889
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 ↓188718931899
1901–0257th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.8%with Democrats
of 44 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, +18 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, 1903H.R. 14051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 4, 1903H.R. 14051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 4, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1903H.R. 17493No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1903H.R. 17493No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1903S. 3522No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1903S. 6702No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1903H.R. 7659No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1903H.R. 7659No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 44 contested votes scored in the 57th 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

7 Congresses
50th · 188757th · 1901
Democrat · House · SC50th–57th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
WE

William Elliott

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1887–19037 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
86.5%with Democrats
of 669 votes · 13.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 669 · combined
Steepest move+18 pts1887→89, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018871901
1901–02 · 57th · Democrat · of 44 votes81.8%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 44 contested votes scored in the 57th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

50th · 188757th · 1901
Democrat50th–57th

Party switchers

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