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Thomas Bowman

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1891–1893ID B000706
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LegislationHEADLINE
61%with Dems
of 117 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
61%with Dems
of 117 · both combined

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 ↓1891
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
60.7%with Democrats
of 117 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 7028No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10238), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1893H.J.Res. 196No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1893H.Res. 9612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 1312No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 2566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1893H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

1 Congresses
52nd · 1891
Democrat · House · IA52nd–52nd
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
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Thomas Bowman

Representative from Iowa
HOUSED1891–18931 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
60.7%with Democrats
of 117 votes · 39.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested61%of 117 · combined

Career arc

10050018911891
1891–92 · 52nd · Democrat · of 117 votes60.7%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

52nd · 189152nd · 1891
Democrat52nd–52nd

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