John Jacob Riley

Representative from South Carolina

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1945–1963ID R000260

LegislationHEADLINE

67%with Dems

of 631 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

67%with Dems

of 631 · both combined

Steepest move

−22 pts

1959 → 1961

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 ↓194519511957

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

38.5%with Democrats

of 52 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −22 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

Sep 26, 1961H.R. 9033No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 26, 1961H.R. 258No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 23, 1961H.R. 9118No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9118), 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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Sep 22, 1961H.R. 258No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 21, 1961H.R. 4172No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 21, 1961H.R. 5628No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 21, 1961H.R. 7500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 19, 1961H.R. 9118No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 18, 1961H.R. 7377No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 52 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

8 Congresses

79th · 194587th · 1961

Democrat · House · SC79th–87th

Term datesexact

John Jacob Riley

Representative from South Carolina

HOUSED1945–19638 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

67%with Democrats

of 631 votes · 33% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested67%of 631 · combined

Steepest move−22 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019451961

1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 52 votes38.5%

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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 · 52 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194587th · 1961

Democrat79th–87th

Party switchers

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