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John Hamilton Evins

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1877–1885ID E000272
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 755 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 755 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1877 → 1879
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 ↓18771883
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
79.5%with Democrats
of 44 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −5 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
May 19, 1884H.R. 6751No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 17, 1884H.R. 3949No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 8, 1884H.R. 6856No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6856), 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
May 6, 1884H.R. 5893No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 5, 1884noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 5, 1884noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 3, 1884H.R. 1798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 26, 1884H.R. 2228No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 24, 1884H.R. 4716No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 44 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
45th · 187748th · 1883
Democrat · House · SC45th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
JE

John Hamilton Evins

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1877–18854 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
84.8%with Democrats
of 755 votes · 15.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 755 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1877→79, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018771883
1883–84 · 48th · Democrat · of 44 votes79.5%

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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 · 44 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187748th · 1883
Democrat45th–48th

Party switchers

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