Rep. Butler Derrick Jr.
Former Representative from South Carolina’s 3rd District
Democrat
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | State / District |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | South Carolina's 3rd District |
See Also: Bioguide
Sponsorship Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Derrick sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into their position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Derrick is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Bills Sponsored
Some of Derrick’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 563 (103rd): Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 301) expressing ...
- H.Res. 564 (103rd): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5110) to approve and implement ...
- H.Res. 544 (103rd): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3171) to authorize the Secretary ...
- H.Res. 526 (103rd): Waiving points of order against a further conference report to accompany the ...
- H.Res. 522 (103rd): Waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI with respect to ...
- H.Res. 517 (103rd): Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the amendments ...
- H.Res. 512 (103rd): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4907) to reform the concept ...
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Voting Record
From Jan 1975 to Nov 1994, Derrick missed 784 of 10,574 roll call votes, which is 7.4%. This is worse than the median of 3.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 1994. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- THOMAS, for sponsored bills