Thomas Lilbourne Anderson

Representative from Missouri

HOUSEOTHER PARTY→INDEPENDENT1857–1861ID A000234

LegislationHEADLINE

85%with Dems

of 476 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

85%with Dems

of 476 · both combined

Steepest move

+5 pts

1857 → 1859

the label changed

Changed parties

36th

O → I · 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 ↓1857O→I · 36th

1859–6036th Congress

Sat as an Independent

87.9%with Democrats

of 190 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +5 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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

Feb 27, 1861H.J.Res. 64No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 64), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Feb 26, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1861H.R. 1003No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1861H.R. 338No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 190 contested votes scored in the 36th 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

2 Congresses

35th · 185736th · 1859

Other party · House · MO35th–35th

Independent · House · MO36th–36th

Term datesexact

Thomas Lilbourne Anderson

Representative from Missouri

HOUSEO→I1857–18612 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

84.7%with Democrats

of 476 votes · 15.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested85%of 476 · combined

Steepest move+5 pts1857→59, as an Independent

Changed parties36thO→I

Career arc

100500O→I18571859

1859–60 · 36th · Independent · of 190 votes87.9%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 190 contested votes scored in the 36th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185736th · 1859

Other party35th–35th

Independent36th–36th

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