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Thomas Montgomery Bell

Representative from Georgia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1905–1931ID B000348
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 1,245 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 1,245 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1919 → 1921
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 ↓19051911191719231929
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.5%with Democrats
of 46 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1919 → 1921, +13 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
Feb 24, 1931S.J.Res. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1931H.R. 16111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 13, 1931H.R. 16969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16969), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jan 30, 1931H.R. 14675No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 30, 1931H.R. 14675No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 23, 1931H.R. 16110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 13, 1931H.J.Res. 447No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 13, 1931H.Res. 334No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1930S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 46 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

13 Congresses
59th · 190571st · 1929
Democrat · House · GA59th–71st
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
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Thomas Montgomery Bell

Representative from Georgia
HOUSED1905–193113 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Democrats
of 1,245 votes · 8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 1,245 · combined
Steepest move+13 pts1919→21, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019051929
1929–30 · 71st · Democrat · of 46 votes93.5%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 46 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

59th · 190571st · 1929
Democrat59th–71st

Party switchers

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