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Thomas William Ludlow Ashley

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1955–1981ID A000222
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 2,915 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 2,915 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓19551961196719731979
1979–8096th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.3%with Democrats
of 473 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +17 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 13, 1980H.J.Res. 637No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1980S. 1097No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 10, 1980H.Res. 826No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 826), 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
Dec 5, 1980H.R. 8379No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1980S. 1615No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1980S. 1615No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 3, 1980H.R. 7020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 3, 1980H.R. 7765No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 473 contested votes scored in the 96th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance88.3% · 385 votes
Congress89.3% · 225 votes
International Affairs91.8% · 147 votes
Government Operations and Politics75.4% · 142 votes
Energy79.1% · 134 votes
Transportation and Public Works82.8% · 58 votes
Labor and Employment85.7% · 49 votes
Education75% · 44 votes
Agriculture and Food69.8% · 43 votes
Taxation78.6% · 42 votes
Armed Forces and National Security76.3% · 38 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance86.8% · 38 votes
Environmental Protection85.2% · 27 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources81.5% · 27 votes
Law92.3% · 26 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement82.6% · 23 votes
Commerce86.4% · 22 votes
Health90.9% · 22 votes
Housing and Community Development95.2% · 21 votes
Finance and Financial Sector66.7% · 18 votes
Social Welfare93.8% · 16 votes
Industrial relations92.9% · 14 votes
District of Columbia100% · 13 votes
Mines and mineral resources83.3% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Private Legislation— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 5 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Families— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Income tax— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Native Americans— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Immigration— · 2 votes
Indian claims— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Life insurance— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 78 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Aquaculture, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Impeachments, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rehabilitation, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Territories (U.S.), Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

13 Congresses
84th · 195596th · 1979
Democrat · House · OH84th–96th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Thomas William Ludlow Ashley

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1955–198113 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.4%with Democrats
of 2,915 votes · 14.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 2,915 · combined
Steepest move+17 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019551979
1979–80 · 96th · Democrat · of 473 votes90.3%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 473 contested votes scored in the 96th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance88.3% · 385
Congress89.3% · 225
International Affairs91.8% · 147
Government Operations and Politics75.4% · 142
Energy79.1% · 134
Transportation and Public Works82.8% · 58
Labor and Employment85.7% · 49
Education75% · 44
Agriculture and Food69.8% · 43
Taxation78.6% · 42
Armed Forces and National Security76.3% · 38
Foreign Trade and International Finance86.8% · 38
Environmental Protection85.2% · 27
Public Lands and Natural Resources81.5% · 27
Law92.3% · 26
Crime and Law Enforcement82.6% · 23
Commerce86.4% · 22
Health90.9% · 22
Housing and Community Development95.2% · 21
Finance and Financial Sector66.7% · 18
Social Welfare93.8% · 16
Industrial relations92.9% · 14
District of Columbia100% · 13
Mines and mineral resources83.3% · 12
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Science, Technology, Communications— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7
Depletion allowances— · 7
Private Legislation— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Electronic surveillance— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Black lung— · 5
Home repair and improvement— · 5
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Families— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Income tax— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Native Americans— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Immigration— · 2
Indian claims— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Life insurance— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 78 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Aquaculture, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Impeachments, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rehabilitation, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Territories (U.S.), Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

84th · 195596th · 1979
Democrat84th–96th

Party switchers

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