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Thomas Ewing

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1877–1881ID E000280
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 371 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 371 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1877 → 1879
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 ↓1877
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82.7%with Democrats
of 156 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −5 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
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4592), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 24, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 5, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 5, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 156 contested votes scored in the 46th 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
45th · 187746th · 1879
Democrat · House · OH45th–46th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Thomas Ewing

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1877–18812 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.4%with Democrats
of 371 votes · 14.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 371 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1877→79, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018771879
1879–80 · 46th · Democrat · of 156 votes82.7%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 156 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187746th · 1879
Democrat45th–46th

Party switchers

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