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Laurence Massillon Keitt

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID K000054
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 370 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 370 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.7%with Democrats
of 140 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +3 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
Dec 10, 1860H.R. 863No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 6, 1860H.R. 50No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 6, 1860H.R. 50No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 50), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Dec 5, 1860H.R. 24No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 25, 1860noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 25, 1860H.R. 714No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 25, 1860H.R. 503No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 23, 1860H.R. 559No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 23, 1860S. 191No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 140 contested votes scored in the 36th 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

2 Congresses
35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · House · SC35th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
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Laurence Massillon Keitt

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1857–18612 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
88.9%with Democrats
of 370 votes · 11.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 370 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts1857→59, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018571859
1859–60 · 36th · Democrat · of 140 votes90.7%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 140 contested votes scored in the 36th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat35th–36th

Party switchers

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