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Thomas James Robertson
Senator from South CarolinaSENATEREPUBLICAN1867–1877ID R000327
LegislationHEADLINE
45%with Dems
of 1,014 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
45%with Dems
of 1,014 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1871 → 1873
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 ↓18671873
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Republican
44.1%with Democrats
of 186 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, −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, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 58LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 58LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 58), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 58LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 2952LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4691LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4691LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4187LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 186 contested votes scored in the 44th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
5 Congresses40th · 186744th · 1875
Republican · Senate · SC40th–44th
Term datesexact