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David Edward Finley
Representative from South CarolinaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1899–1917ID F000131
LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 784 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 784 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1901 → 1903
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 ↓189919051911
1915–1664th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.2%with Democrats
of 52 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1901 → 1903, +9 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
Jan 16, 1917H.R. 19410LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 10, 1916H.R. 16763LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 10, 1916H.R. 16763LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16763), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jul 10, 1916H.R. 16763LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1916H.R. 16734LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 27, 1916S. 2986LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 23, 1916H.J.Res. 242LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1916H.R. 14303LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1916H.Res. 268LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 52 contested votes scored in the 64th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
9 Congresses56th · 189964th · 1915
Democrat · House · SC56th–64th
Term datesexact