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Donald Stuart Russell

Senator from South Carolina
SENATEDEMOCRAT1965–1967ID R000525
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LegislationHEADLINE
31%with Dems
of 159 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
31%with Dems
of 159 · both combined

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 ↓1965
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
31.4%with Democrats
of 159 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Oct 22, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 22, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 18, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3708), 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
Oct 14, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1966noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 159 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

1 Congresses
89th · 1965
Democrat · Senate · SC89th–89th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
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Donald Stuart Russell

Senator from South Carolina
SENATED1965–19671 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
31.4%with Democrats
of 159 votes · 68.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested31%of 159 · combined

Career arc

10050019651965
1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 159 votes31.4%

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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 · 159 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

89th · 196589th · 1965
Democrat89th–89th

Party switchers

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