Richard Smith Whaley

Representative from South Carolina

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1913–1921ID W000319

LegislationHEADLINE

92%with Dems

of 380 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

92%with Dems

of 380 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 pts

1913 → 1915

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 ↓19131919

1919–2066th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

89.6%with Democrats

of 96 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, +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

Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15275No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15934), 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

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Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15943No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1921S. 1551No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15943No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15943No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1921noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 66th 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

63rd · 191366th · 1919

Democrat · House · SC63rd–66th

Term datesexact

Richard Smith Whaley

Representative from South Carolina

HOUSED1913–19214 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

91.8%with Democrats

of 380 votes · 8.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested92%of 380 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1913→15, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019131919

1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 96 votes89.6%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191366th · 1919

Democrat63rd–66th

Party switchers

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