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Thomas Granville Burch

Senator from Virginia
SENATEDEMOCRAT1931–1947ID B001069
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LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 664 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 664 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓193119371943
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
73.5%with Democrats
of 102 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −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
Jul 31, 1946H.R. 7No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1946H.R. 1362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 27, 1946H.R. 1362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1362), 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
Jul 26, 1946H.R. 1362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1946H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1946H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 22, 1946H.J.Res. 225No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 22, 1946H.J.Res. 225No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

8 Congresses
72nd · 193179th · 1945
Democrat · House · VA72nd–79th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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Thomas Granville Burch

Senator from Virginia
SENATED1931–19478 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
80.1%with Democrats
of 664 votes · 19.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested80%of 664 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311945
1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 102 votes73.5%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193179th · 1945
Democrat72nd–79th

Party switchers

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