Thomas Stalker Butler

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEINDEPENDENT→REPUBLICAN1897–1929ID B001192

LegislationHEADLINE

7%with Dems

of 1,442 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

7%with Dems

of 1,442 · both combined

Steepest move

−13 pts

1917 → 1919

still a Republican

Changed parties

56th

I → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓189719031909191519211927I→R · 56th

1927–2870th Congress

Sat as a Republican

5.3%with Democrats

of 19 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, −13 pts — within one party label.

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

May 25, 1928H.R. 5773No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

May 14, 1928S. 3555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

May 3, 1928S. 3555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3555), 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

Open roll call

May 3, 1928S. 3555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Apr 11, 1928H.J.Res. 200No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Apr 6, 1928H.R. 8927No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 29, 1928H.R. 279No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 29, 1928H.R. 149No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 23, 1928S.J.Res. 31No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 19 contested votes scored in the 70th 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

16 Congresses

55th · 189756th · 189970th · 1927

Independent · House · PA55th–55th

Republican · House · PA56th–70th

Term datesexact

Thomas Stalker Butler

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEI→R1897–192916 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

7.2%with Democrats

of 1,442 votes · 92.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested7%of 1,442 · combined

Steepest move−13 pts1917→19, as a Republican

Changed parties56thI→R

Career arc

100500I→R18971927

1927–28 · 70th · Republican · of 19 votes5.3%

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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 · 19 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189770th · 1927

Independent55th–55th

Republican56th–70th

Other party switchers

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