William Kerr Scott

Senator from North Carolina

SENATEDEMOCRAT1953–1959ID S000187

LegislationHEADLINE

90%with Dems

of 163 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

90%with Dems

of 163 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 pts

1953 → 1955

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 ↓1953

1957–5885th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

89.8%with Democrats

of 59 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, −10 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

Apr 15, 1958S. 3497No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Apr 2, 1958S. 497No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Apr 1, 1958S. 3497No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3497), 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

Open roll call

Apr 1, 1958S. 3497No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 27, 1958H.R. 9821No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 26, 1958S. 3414No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 26, 1958S. 3414No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 59 contested votes scored in the 85th 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

3 Congresses

83rd · 195385th · 1957

Democrat · Senate · NC83rd–85th

Term datesexact

William Kerr Scott

Senator from North Carolina

SENATED1953–19593 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

90.2%with Democrats

of 163 votes · 9.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested90%of 163 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1953→55, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019531957

1957–58 · 85th · Democrat · of 59 votes89.8%

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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 · 59 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

83rd · 195385th · 1957

Democrat83rd–85th

Party switchers

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