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Samuel James Ervin Jr.
Senator from North CarolinaSENATEDEMOCRAT1945–1975ID E000211
LegislationHEADLINE
47%with Dems
of 2,309 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
47%with Dems
of 2,309 · both combined
Steepest move
−25 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓19451951195719631969
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
36.1%with Democrats
of 407 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −25 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 19, 1974S. 1728LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.R. 5977LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.J.Res. 117LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 117), 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 19, 1974H.J.Res. 117LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 356LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3934LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3839LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1974S. 3839LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1974S. 3418LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 407 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislation32.5% · 77 votes
26.4% · 53 votes
17.2% · 29 votes
77.8% · 27 votes
22.7% · 22 votes
47.6% · 21 votes
11.8% · 17 votes
0% · 12 votes
27.3% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
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They also voted in 13 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Animals, Arts, Culture, Religion, Child welfare, Congressional-executive relations, Emergency Management, Explosives, Gold, Livestock, Reclamation of land, Right of privacy, Rivers, Taxation, Vietnamese Conflict.
Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.
Service record
12 Congresses79th · 194583rd · 195393rd · 1973
Democrat · House · NC79th–79th
Democrat · Senate · NC83rd–93rd
Term datesexact