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John Lowndes McLaurin

Senator from South Carolina
SENATEDEMOCRAT1891–1903ID M000543
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 473 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 473 · both combined
Steepest move
−30 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓18911897
1901–0257th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
34.9%with Democrats
of 43 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, −30 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 10, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 5, 1903H.R. 3109No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 24, 1902H.R. 13172No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13172), 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
Jun 19, 1902H.R. 3110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1902H.R. 3110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1902H.R. 3110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 16, 1902S. 1792No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 3, 1902S. 2295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 3, 1902S. 2295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 43 contested votes scored in the 57th 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

6 Congresses
52nd · 189156th · 189957th · 1901
Democrat · House · SC52nd–55th
Democrat · Senate · SC56th–57th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
JM

John Lowndes McLaurin

Senator from South Carolina
SENATED1891–19036 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
79.3%with Democrats
of 473 votes · 20.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested79%of 473 · combined
Steepest move−30 pts1897→99, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018911901
1901–02 · 57th · Democrat · of 43 votes34.9%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 43 contested votes scored in the 57th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

52nd · 189157th · 1901
Democrat52nd–55th
Democrat56th–57th

Party switchers

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