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Charles Lacy South

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1943ID S000683
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 441 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 441 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1935 → 1937
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 ↓19351941
1941–4277th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82.5%with Democrats
of 63 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, −12 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 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 23, 1942H.Res. 528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 26, 1942H.R. 6709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6709), 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
Jun 26, 1942H.R. 6709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1942H.R. 6709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 26, 1942H.R. 6709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 25, 1942H.R. 6845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 23, 1942H.R. 7280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1942H.Res. 433No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 77th 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

4 Congresses
74th · 193577th · 1941
Democrat · House · TX74th–77th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
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Charles Lacy South

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1935–19434 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.2%with Democrats
of 441 votes · 16.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 441 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1935→37, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351941
1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 63 votes82.5%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193577th · 1941
Democrat74th–77th

Party switchers

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