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Thomas Buchecker Cooper

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1861–1863ID C000763
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 39 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 39 · both combined

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 ↓1861
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.3%with Democrats
of 39 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Feb 25, 1862H.R. 299No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 17, 1862noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 17, 1862H.R. 222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 222), 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
Jan 16, 1862noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 14, 1862H.R. 161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 14, 1862H.R. 161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 14, 1862H.R. 161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 13, 1862H.R. 154No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 13, 1862H.R. 154No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 39 contested votes scored in the 37th 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

1 Congresses
37th · 1861
Democrat · House · PA37th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Thomas Buchecker Cooper

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1861–18631 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.3%with Democrats
of 39 votes · 7.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 39 · combined

Career arc

10050018611861
1861–62 · 37th · Democrat · of 39 votes92.3%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 39 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186137th · 1861
Democrat37th–37th

Party switchers

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