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Thomas Jefferson Barr
Representative from New YorkHOUSEINDEPENDENT1857–1861ID B000172
LegislationHEADLINE
73%with Dems
of 307 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
73%with Dems
of 307 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1857 → 1859
still an Independent
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as an Independent
70.9%with Democrats
of 213 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, −6 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 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861S. 10LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 865LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 865), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 902LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 910LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 971LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 213 contested votes scored in the 36th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Independent · House · NY35th–36th
Term datesexact