James Willard Ragsdale

Representative from South Carolina

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1913–1921ID R000010

LegislationHEADLINE

81%with Dems

of 267 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

81%with Dems

of 267 · both combined

Steepest move

+15 pts

1913 → 1915

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 ↓19131919

1919–2066th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

78.6%with Democrats

of 14 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, +15 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

Jul 22, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 22, 1919S. 180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 22, 1919H.R. 5726No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5726), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

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Jul 22, 1919H.R. 6810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 22, 1919H.R. 6810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 21, 1919H.R. 6810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 21, 1919H.R. 6810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 21, 1919H.R. 6810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 18, 1919H.R. 7413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 14 contested votes scored in the 66th 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

4 Congresses

63rd · 191366th · 1919

Democrat · House · SC63rd–66th

Term datesexact

James Willard Ragsdale

Representative from South Carolina

HOUSED1913–19214 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

80.9%with Democrats

of 267 votes · 19.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested81%of 267 · combined

Steepest move+15 pts1913→15, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019131919

1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 14 votes78.6%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 14 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191366th · 1919

Democrat63rd–66th

Party switchers

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