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Robert Bethea Scarborough

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1901–1905ID S000107
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LegislationHEADLINE
97%with Dems
of 102 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
97%with Dems
of 102 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
1901 → 1903
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 ↓1901
1903–0458th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
97.7%with Democrats
of 44 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1901 → 1903, +1 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
Feb 9, 1905H.R. 18588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 9, 1905H.R. 18588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1905H.Res. 484No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 484), 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
Feb 6, 1905H.Res. 484No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1905H.R. 17994No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1905H.R. 17865No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 30, 1905H.R. 15895No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 1, 1905S.J.Res. 84No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 15, 1904H.R. 4831No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 44 contested votes scored in the 58th 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

2 Congresses
57th · 190158th · 1903
Democrat · House · SC57th–58th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
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Robert Bethea Scarborough

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1901–19052 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
97.1%with Democrats
of 102 votes · 2.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested97%of 102 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts1901→03, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019011903
1903–04 · 58th · Democrat · of 44 votes97.7%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 44 contested votes scored in the 58th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

57th · 190158th · 1903
Democrat57th–58th

Party switchers

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