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Thomas Dawes Eliot
Representative from MassachusettsHOUSEREPUBLICAN1859–1869ID E000106
LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 2,019 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 2,019 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓18591865
1867–6840th Congress
Sat as a Republican
14.4%with Democrats
of 404 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +5 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, 1869S. 845LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869S.J.Res. 211LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869H.J.Res. 413LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1803LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 404 contested votes scored in the 40th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
5 Congresses36th · 185940th · 1867
Republican · House · MA36th–40th
Term datesexact