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James O'Hanlon Patterson

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1905–1911ID P000118
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LegislationHEADLINE
97%with Dems
of 254 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
97%with Dems
of 254 · both combined
Steepest move
−2 pts
1905 → 1907
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 ↓1905
1909–1061st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.9%with Democrats
of 65 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1905 → 1907, −2 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 9, 1911H.R. 30566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 31, 1911H.J.Res. 216No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 23, 1910H.R. 11798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11798), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jun 23, 1910H.R. 25552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 23, 1910H.R. 25552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 23, 1910H.R. 25552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 21, 1910H.R. 25552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 13, 1910H.R. 26730No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 9, 1910S. 5876No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 65 contested votes scored in the 61st 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
59th · 190561st · 1909
Democrat · House · SC59th–61st
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
JP

James O'Hanlon Patterson

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1905–19113 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
97.2%with Democrats
of 254 votes · 2.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested97%of 254 · combined
Steepest move−2 pts1905→07, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019051909
1909–10 · 61st · Democrat · of 65 votes96.9%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 65 contested votes scored in the 61st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

59th · 190561st · 1909
Democrat59th–61st

Party switchers

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