Thomas Benton Catron

Senator from New Mexico

SENATEREPUBLICAN1911–1917ID C000253

LegislationHEADLINE

11%with Dems

of 466 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

11%with Dems

of 466 · both combined

Steepest move

+19 pts

1913 → 1915

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 ↓1911

1915–1664th Congress

Sat as a Republican

26.4%with Democrats

of 72 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, +19 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 3, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20783No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1917S. 8322No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 8322), 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 2, 1917H.R. 20632No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1917S. 8322No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1917H.R. 20632No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1917H.R. 20573No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1917H.R. 20573No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 64th 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

62nd · 191164th · 1915

Republican · Senate · NM62nd–64th

Term datesexact

Thomas Benton Catron

Senator from New Mexico

SENATER1911–19173 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

11.2%with Democrats

of 466 votes · 88.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested11%of 466 · combined

Steepest move+19 pts1913→15, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019111915

1915–16 · 64th · Republican · of 72 votes26.4%

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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 · 72 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191164th · 1915

Republican62nd–64th

Party switchers

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