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Benjamin Ryan Tillman
Senator from South CarolinaSENATEDEMOCRAT1895–1919ID T000274
LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 1,120 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 1,120 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1895 → 1897
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 ↓1895190119071913
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.9%with Democrats
of 56 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, +11 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
Aug 4, 1918H.R. 8753LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 27, 1918S. 4763LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1918S. 130LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 130), 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
Jun 17, 1918H.J.Res. 70LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 13, 1918S.Res. 235LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 13, 1918S.Res. 235LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 13, 1918S.Res. 235LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 12, 1918S.Res. 235LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 12, 1918S.Res. 235LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 56 contested votes scored in the 65th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
12 Congresses54th · 189565th · 1917
Democrat · Senate · SC54th–65th
Term datesexact