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Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.

Senator from Delaware
SENATEDEMOCRAT1921–1929ID B000252
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LegislationHEADLINE
66%with Dems
of 275 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
66%with Dems
of 275 · both combined
Steepest move
−21 pts
1921 → 1923
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 ↓19211927
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
64.8%with Democrats
of 54 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, −21 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
Mar 3, 1929noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1929H.R. 15430No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1929H.R. 15089No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15089), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 28, 1929H.R. 17223No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1929H.R. 8298No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1929H.R. 11725No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1929noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1929H.R. 16714No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1929H.R. 16714No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 54 contested votes scored in the 70th 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
67th · 192170th · 1927
Democrat · Senate · DE67th–70th
Term datesexact
Members · Delaware
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Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.

Senator from Delaware
SENATED1921–19294 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
66.2%with Democrats
of 275 votes · 33.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested66%of 275 · combined
Steepest move−21 pts1921→23, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019211927
1927–28 · 70th · Democrat · of 54 votes64.8%

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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 · 54 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192170th · 1927
Democrat67th–70th

Party switchers

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