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Butler Black Hare

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1925–1947ID H000200
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 558 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 558 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1927 → 1929
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 ↓1925193119371943
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
69.5%with Democrats
of 95 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, +14 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
Jul 24, 1946H.R. 5924No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 23, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 371), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jul 16, 1946H.R. 6739No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 13, 1946S.J.Res. 138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 13, 1946S.J.Res. 138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 11, 1946H.R. 6739No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 10, 1946noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 10, 1946noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

8 Congresses
69th · 192579th · 1945
Democrat · House · SC69th–79th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
BH

Butler Black Hare

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1925–19478 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
82.6%with Democrats
of 558 votes · 17.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 558 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1927→29, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019251945
1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 95 votes69.5%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

69th · 192579th · 1945
Democrat69th–79th

Party switchers

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