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Thomas Stalker Butler

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEINDEPENDENT→REPUBLICAN1897–1929ID B001192
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LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 1,442 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 1,442 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1917 → 1919
still a Republican
Changed parties
56th
I → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓189719031909191519211927I→R · 56th
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Republican
5.3%with Democrats
of 19 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, −13 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
May 25, 1928H.R. 5773No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 14, 1928S. 3555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 3, 1928S. 3555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3555), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
May 3, 1928S. 3555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 11, 1928H.J.Res. 200No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 6, 1928H.R. 8927No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 29, 1928H.R. 279No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 29, 1928H.R. 149No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 23, 1928S.J.Res. 31No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 19 contested votes scored in the 70th 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

16 Congresses
55th · 189756th · 189970th · 1927
Independent · House · PA55th–55th
Republican · House · PA56th–70th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Thomas Stalker Butler

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEI→R1897–192916 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
7.2%with Democrats
of 1,442 votes · 92.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested7%of 1,442 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1917→19, as a Republican
Changed parties56thI→R

Career arc

100500I→R18971927
1927–28 · 70th · Republican · of 19 votes5.3%

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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 · 19 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189770th · 1927
Independent55th–55th
Republican56th–70th

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