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Thomas Sanders McMillan

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1925–1941ID M000572
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LegislationHEADLINE
82%with Dems
of 457 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
82%with Dems
of 457 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1929 → 1931
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 ↓192519311937
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
76.9%with Democrats
of 39 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, −16 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
Aug 3, 1939H.Res. 266No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 1, 1939H.Res. 286No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1939S. 2009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2009), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jul 20, 1939S. 1871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 20, 1939S. 1871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 20, 1939H.Res. 258No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 20, 1939H.Res. 258No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1939H.J.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1939H.R. 3325No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 39 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

8 Congresses
69th · 192576th · 1939
Democrat · House · SC69th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
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Thomas Sanders McMillan

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1925–19418 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
81.6%with Democrats
of 457 votes · 18.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested82%of 457 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1929→31, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019251939
1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 39 votes76.9%

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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 · 39 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

69th · 192576th · 1939
Democrat69th–76th

Party switchers

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