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Thomas Gerstle Abernethy

Representative from Mississippi
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1943–1973ID A000016
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LegislationHEADLINE
40%with Dems
of 1,634 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
40%with Dems
of 1,634 · both combined
Steepest move
+49 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓19431949195519611967
1971–7292nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
23.9%with Democrats
of 163 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +49 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
Oct 18, 1972S. 2770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1972S. 4062No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4062), 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
Oct 14, 1972H.Res. 1147No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1972H.R. 12006No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1972H.R. 17034No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1972noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1972H.R. 16654No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1972H.Res. 1153No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 163 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

15 Congresses
78th · 194392nd · 1971
Democrat · House · MS78th–92nd
Term datesexact
Members · Mississippi
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Thomas Gerstle Abernethy

Representative from Mississippi
HOUSED1943–197315 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
40%with Democrats
of 1,634 votes · 60% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested40%of 1,634 · combined
Steepest move+49 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019431971
1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 163 votes23.9%

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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 · 163 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194392nd · 1971
Democrat78th–92nd

Party switchers

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