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Thomas Jefferson Busby
Representative from MississippiHOUSEDEMOCRAT1923–1935ID B001163
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 398 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 398 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓19231929
1933–3473rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
74.7%with Democrats
of 91 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, −17 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 16, 1934S.J.Res. 131LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1934H.R. 9725LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 15, 1934H.R. 404LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 404), 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 15, 1934S. 3645LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1934S. 3530LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1934H.R. 400LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1934S. 2347LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1934H.R. 9459LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1934H.R. 9391LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 91 contested votes scored in the 73rd CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
6 Congresses68th · 192373rd · 1933
Democrat · House · MS68th–73rd
Term datesexact