Thomas White Ferry

Senator from Michigan

SENATEREPUBLICAN1865–1883ID F000095

LegislationHEADLINE

13%with Dems

of 2,974 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

13%with Dems

of 2,974 · both combined

Steepest move

−9 pts

1877 → 1879

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 ↓186518711877

1881–8247th Congress

Sat as a Republican

8.7%with Democrats

of 309 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −9 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 2, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 16, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5538), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Feb 12, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 9, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 8, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 6, 1883H.R. 6597No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 5, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 309 contested votes scored in the 47th 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

9 Congresses

39th · 186542nd · 187147th · 1881

Republican · House · MI39th–41st

Republican · Senate · MI42nd–47th

Term datesexact

Thomas White Ferry

Senator from Michigan

SENATER1865–18839 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

12.8%with Democrats

of 2,974 votes · 87.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested13%of 2,974 · combined

Steepest move−9 pts1877→79, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018651881

1881–82 · 47th · Republican · of 309 votes8.7%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 309 contested votes scored in the 47th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186547th · 1881

Republican39th–41st

Republican42nd–47th

Party switchers

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