James Prioleau Richards

Representative from South Carolina

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1957ID R000214

LegislationHEADLINE

84%with Dems

of 989 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

84%with Dems

of 989 · both combined

Steepest move

−19 pts

1947 → 1949

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 ↓1933193919451951

1955–5684th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

79.6%with Democrats

of 49 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, −19 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 25, 1956H.Res. 638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 618No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12061), 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

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Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 24, 1956H.R. 7992No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 23, 1956H.R. 12227No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 23, 1956S. 1644No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 23, 1956H.R. 627No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 23, 1956H.R. 627No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 84th 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

12 Congresses

73rd · 193384th · 1955

Democrat · House · SC73rd–84th

Term datesexact

James Prioleau Richards

Representative from South Carolina

HOUSED1933–195712 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

83.6%with Democrats

of 989 votes · 16.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested84%of 989 · combined

Steepest move−19 pts1947→49, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331955

1955–56 · 84th · Democrat · of 49 votes79.6%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 84th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193384th · 1955

Democrat73rd–84th

Party switchers

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