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Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally

Senator from Texas
SENATEDEMOCRAT1917–1953ID C000684
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 2,281 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 2,281 · both combined
Steepest move
−21 pts
1929 → 1931
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 ↓191719231929193519411947
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.9%with Democrats
of 183 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, −21 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 5, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 5, 1952S. 1084No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 4, 1952S. 827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 827), 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
Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 183 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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

18 Congresses
65th · 191771st · 192982nd · 1951
Democrat · House · TX65th–70th
Democrat · Senate · TX71st–82nd
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
TC

Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally

Senator from Texas
SENATED1917–195318 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
84.1%with Democrats
of 2,281 votes · 15.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 2,281 · combined
Steepest move−21 pts1929→31, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019171951
1951–52 · 82nd · Democrat · of 183 votes86.9%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 183 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191782nd · 1951
Democrat65th–70th
Democrat71st–82nd

Party switchers

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