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George Dionysius Tillman

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1879–1893ID T000275
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 1,427 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 1,427 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1883 → 1885
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 ↓187918851891
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.7%with Democrats
of 120 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, +15 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
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10258No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 7028No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1893H.J.Res. 196No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 196), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1893H.Res. 9612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 1312No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 2566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1893H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 120 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

7 Congresses
46th · 187952nd · 1891
Democrat · House · SC46th–52nd
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
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George Dionysius Tillman

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1879–18937 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
81.3%with Democrats
of 1,427 votes · 18.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 1,427 · combined
Steepest move+15 pts1883→85, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018791891
1891–92 · 52nd · Democrat · of 120 votes86.7%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 120 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187952nd · 1891
Democrat46th–52nd

Party switchers

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