Wade Hampton

Senator from South Carolina

SENATEDEMOCRAT1879–1891ID H000141

LegislationHEADLINE

90%with Dems

of 1,738 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

90%with Dems

of 1,738 · both combined

Steepest move

−6 pts

1883 → 1885

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 ↓18791885

1889–9051st Congress

Sat as a Democrat

88.8%with Democrats

of 250 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, −6 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 3, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13658), 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

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Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 250 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

6 Congresses

46th · 187951st · 1889

Democrat · Senate · SC46th–51st

Term datesexact

Wade Hampton

Senator from South Carolina

SENATED1879–18916 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

89.6%with Democrats

of 1,738 votes · 10.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested90%of 1,738 · combined

Steepest move−6 pts1883→85, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018791889

1889–90 · 51st · Democrat · of 250 votes88.8%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 250 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187951st · 1889

Democrat46th–51st

Party switchers

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