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James Butler Hare

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1951ID H000202
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LegislationHEADLINE
50%with Dems
of 107 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
50%with Dems
of 107 · both combined

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 ↓1949
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
50.5%with Democrats
of 107 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Dec 13, 1950H.R. 9853No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9827), 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
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 8920No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 21, 1950H.R. 9526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 21, 1950H.R. 9526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1950H.R. 9526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 20, 1950H.R. 9490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 15, 1950H.R. 9646No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 107 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

1 Congresses
81st · 1949
Democrat · House · SC81st–81st
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
JH

James Butler Hare

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1949–19511 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
50.5%with Democrats
of 107 votes · 49.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested50%of 107 · combined

Career arc

10050019491949
1949–50 · 81st · Democrat · of 107 votes50.5%

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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 · 107 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194981st · 1949
Democrat81st–81st

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