RH
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill
Representative from South CarolinaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1957–1965ID H000471
LegislationHEADLINE
66%with Dems
of 368 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
66%with Dems
of 368 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1961 → 1963
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 ↓19571963
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.8%with Democrats
of 73 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1961 → 1963, +13 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
Apr 15, 1964S. 2349LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 14, 1964H.R. 10908LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 9, 1964noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Apr 9, 1964noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1964H.R. 6196LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1964H.R. 10222LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1964H.R. 10222LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1964H.R. 10222LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 6, 1964S. 1828LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 73 contested votes scored in the 88th 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
4 Congresses85th · 195788th · 1963
Democrat · House · SC85th–88th
Term datesexact