WM
William Porcher Miles
Representative from South CarolinaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID M000707
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 473 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 473 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 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
93.9%with Democrats
of 164 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +8 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 13, 1860noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 10, 1860H.R. 863LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 6, 1860noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Dec 6, 1860H.R. 50LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 6, 1860H.R. 50LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1860H.R. 24LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 25, 1860H.R. 714LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 25, 1860H.R. 503LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 23, 1860H.R. 335LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 164 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
2 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · House · SC35th–36th
Term datesexact