Thomas Mead Bowen

Senator from Colorado

SENATEREPUBLICAN1883–1889ID B000686

LegislationHEADLINE

9%with Dems

of 378 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

9%with Dems

of 378 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 pts

1885 → 1887

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 ↓1883

1887–8850th Congress

Sat as a Republican

5.9%with Democrats

of 101 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −10 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, 1889S.J.Res. 12No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12571), 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

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Mar 1, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 101 contested votes scored in the 50th 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

48th · 188350th · 1887

Republican · Senate · CO48th–50th

Term datesexact

Thomas Mead Bowen

Senator from Colorado

SENATER1883–18893 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

9.3%with Democrats

of 378 votes · 90.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested9%of 378 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1885→87, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018831887

1887–88 · 50th · Republican · of 101 votes5.9%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 101 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188350th · 1887

Republican48th–50th

Party switchers

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