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William Jasper Talbert

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1893–1903ID T000016
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 469 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 469 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓18931899
1901–0257th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.4%with Democrats
of 28 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, +3 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 16, 1903H.Res. 387No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1903H.R. 17202No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 13, 1903S. 7053No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 7053), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 10, 1903S. 569No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 9, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 7, 1903H.R. 17No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 5, 1903H.Res. 419No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 5, 1903H.R. 16990No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 3, 1903H.R. 7792No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 28 contested votes scored in the 57th 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

5 Congresses
53rd · 189357th · 1901
Democrat · House · SC53rd–57th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
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William Jasper Talbert

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1893–19035 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
95.1%with Democrats
of 469 votes · 4.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested95%of 469 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts1897→99, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018931901
1901–02 · 57th · Democrat · of 28 votes96.4%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 28 contested votes scored in the 57th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189357th · 1901
Democrat53rd–57th

Party switchers

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