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Edmund William McGregor Mackey

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEINDEPENDENT→REPUBLICAN1875–1885ID M000024
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 133 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 133 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1875 → 1881
the label changed
Changed parties
47th
I → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓18751881I→R · 47th
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.7%with Democrats
of 6 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1881, −8 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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
Jan 21, 1884noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 17, 1884S. 1038No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 17, 1884S. 1038No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1038), 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
Jan 15, 1884S. 1038No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 9, 1884noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 6 contested votes scored in the 48th 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

3 Congresses
44th · 187547th · 188148th · 1883
Independent · House · SC44th–44th
Republican · House · SC47th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
EM

Edmund William McGregor Mackey

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEI→R1875–18853 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
14.3%with Democrats
of 133 votes · 85.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 133 · combined
Steepest move−8 pts1875→81, as a Republican
Changed parties47thI→R

Career arc

100500I→R18751883
1883–84 · 48th · Republican · of 6 votes16.7%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 6 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187548th · 1883
Independent44th–44th
Republican47th–48th

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