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Albert William Watson

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT→REPUBLICAN1963–1971ID W000197
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LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 520 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 520 · both combined
Steepest move
−29 pts
1963 → 1965
still a Democrat
Changed parties
90th
D → R · first Congress under it
votes moved first

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 ↓19631969D→R · 90th
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Republican
24%with Democrats
of 100 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −29 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
Dec 31, 1970H.R. 13000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 18582No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 29, 1970S. 1181No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1181), 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
Dec 22, 1970H.R. 19953No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 22, 1970H.Res. 1315No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 22, 1970H.Res. 1238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 22, 1970noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 1970H.R. 19446No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 1970H.R. 19446No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 91st 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
88th · 196390th · 196791st · 1969
Democrat · House · SC88th–89th
Republican · House · SC90th–91st
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
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Albert William Watson

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED→R1963–19714 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
18.8%with Democrats
of 520 votes · 81.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested19%of 520 · combined
Steepest move−29 pts1963→65, as a Democrat
Changed parties90thD→R · votes moved first

Career arc

100500D→R19631969
1969–70 · 91st · Republican · of 100 votes24%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 100 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

88th · 196391st · 1969
Democrat88th–89th
Republican90th–91st

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