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Joseph Hayne Rainey

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1869–1879ID R000016
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 1,054 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 1,054 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1875 → 1877
still a Republican

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 ↓18691875
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
20.1%with Democrats
of 209 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, +13 pts — within one party label.
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
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879H.R. 2423No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879S. 1784No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 209 contested votes scored in the 45th 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

5 Congresses
41st · 186945th · 1877
Republican · House · SC41st–45th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
JR

Joseph Hayne Rainey

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSER1869–18795 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
13.4%with Democrats
of 1,054 votes · 86.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 1,054 · combined
Steepest move+13 pts1875→77, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018691877
1877–78 · 45th · Republican · of 209 votes20.1%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 209 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186945th · 1877
Republican41st–45th

Party switchers

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