Francis Thomas

Representative from Maryland

HOUSEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1861–1869ID T000166

LegislationHEADLINE

46%with Dems

of 1,293 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

46%with Dems

of 1,293 · both combined

Steepest move

−22 pts

1861 → 1863

under one label

Changed parties

40th

O → 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 ↓18611867O→R · 40th

1867–6840th Congress

Sat as a Republican

33%with Democrats

of 364 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −22 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

Mar 3, 1869S. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1869S. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1869H.J.Res. 476No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 476), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869H.J.Res. 474No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869S.J.Res. 217No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1869S. 264No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 364 contested votes scored in the 40th 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

37th · 186140th · 1867

Other party · House · MD37th–39th

Republican · House · MD40th–40th

Term datesexact

Francis Thomas

Representative from Maryland

HOUSEO→R1861–18694 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

46.3%with Democrats

of 1,293 votes · 53.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested46%of 1,293 · combined

Steepest move−22 pts1861→63, under another label

Changed parties40thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18611867

1867–68 · 40th · Republican · of 364 votes33%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 364 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186140th · 1867

Other party37th–39th

Republican40th–40th

Other party switchers

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