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Thomas Lindsay Blanton

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1917–1937ID B000549
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 911 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 911 · both combined
Steepest move
−26 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 ↓1917192319291935
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
79.8%with Democrats
of 109 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, −26 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
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.Res. 559No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12455), 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
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1936S. 4020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 3251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1936H.R. 11663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 16, 1936H.R. 11215No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 109 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

10 Congresses
65th · 191774th · 1935
Democrat · House · TX65th–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
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Thomas Lindsay Blanton

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1917–193710 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
78.7%with Democrats
of 911 votes · 21.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested79%of 911 · combined
Steepest move−26 pts1921→23, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019171935
1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 109 votes79.8%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 109 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191774th · 1935
Democrat65th–74th

Party switchers

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