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Thomas Smithwick Gettys

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1965–1975ID G000144
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LegislationHEADLINE
42%with Dems
of 979 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
42%with Dems
of 979 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1969 → 1971
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 ↓19651971
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
42.8%with Democrats
of 353 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, −11 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 20, 1974H.R. 620No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1974S. 4206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14449), 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 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1494No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 353 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance28.4% · 74 votes
Congress57.8% · 45 votes
Energy16.1% · 31 votes
Labor and Employment36.8% · 19 votes
Transportation and Public Works64.7% · 17 votes
District of Columbia53.3% · 15 votes
International Affairs13.3% · 15 votes
Government Operations and Politics66.7% · 12 votes
Law0% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Armed Forces and National Security— · 8 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Education— · 5 votes
Health— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4 votes
Environmental Protection— · 4 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Commerce— · 2 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 2 votes
Public works— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

5 Congresses
89th · 196593rd · 1973
Democrat · House · SC89th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
TG

Thomas Smithwick Gettys

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1965–19755 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
42.1%with Democrats
of 979 votes · 57.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested42%of 979 · combined
Steepest move−11 pts1969→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019651973
1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 353 votes42.8%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 353 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance28.4% · 74
Congress57.8% · 45
Energy16.1% · 31
Labor and Employment36.8% · 19
Transportation and Public Works64.7% · 17
District of Columbia53.3% · 15
International Affairs13.3% · 15
Government Operations and Politics66.7% · 12
Law0% · 11
Armed Forces and National Security— · 8
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Education— · 5
Health— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4
Environmental Protection— · 4
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Commerce— · 2
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 2
Public works— · 2
Real property— · 2
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

89th · 196593rd · 1973
Democrat89th–93rd

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