Thomas Boles

Representative from Arkansas

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1867–1873ID B000603

LegislationHEADLINE

19%with Dems

of 519 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

19%with Dems

of 519 · both combined

Steepest move

+23 pts

1869 → 1871

still a Republican

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 ↓1867

1871–7242nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

37.5%with Democrats

of 120 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, +23 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 3, 1873S. 1537No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2991), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1873S. 693No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 120 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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

3 Congresses

40th · 186742nd · 1871

Republican · House · AR40th–42nd

Term datesexact

Thomas Boles

Representative from Arkansas

HOUSER1867–18733 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

19.5%with Democrats

of 519 votes · 80.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested19%of 519 · combined

Steepest move+23 pts1869→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018671871

1871–72 · 42nd · Republican · of 120 votes37.5%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 120 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186742nd · 1871

Republican40th–42nd

Party switchers

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