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John Thomas Deweese

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1867–1871ID D000291
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LegislationHEADLINE
35%with Dems
of 223 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
35%with Dems
of 223 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1867 → 1869
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 ↓1867
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Republican
44%with Democrats
of 84 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, +15 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
Feb 25, 1870H.R. 974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1870H.R. 974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1870S. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 436), 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
Feb 21, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 14, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 11, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 11, 1870H.R. 847No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 84 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

2 Congresses
40th · 186741st · 1869
Republican · House · NC40th–41st
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
JD

John Thomas Deweese

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSER1867–18712 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
35%with Democrats
of 223 votes · 65% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested35%of 223 · combined
Steepest move+15 pts1867→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018671869
1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 84 votes44%

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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 · 84 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186741st · 1869
Republican40th–41st

Party switchers

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