JI
John Laurens Manning Irby
Senator from South CarolinaSENATEDEMOCRAT1891–1897ID I000027
LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 280 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 280 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1891 → 1893
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 ↓1891
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82.6%with Democrats
of 23 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, +12 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
Feb 26, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1897H.R. 1002LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1002), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Feb 23, 1897H.R. 1002LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1897H.R. 1002LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 23 contested votes scored in the 54th 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
3 Congresses52nd · 189154th · 1895
Democrat · Senate · SC52nd–54th
Term datesexact