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Thomas Francis Ford

Representative from California
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1945ID F000267
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 522 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 522 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓19331939
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.3%with Democrats
of 53 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, +10 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
Sep 18, 1944H.R. 5125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 18, 1944S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 18, 1944S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2051), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Jun 7, 1944S.J.Res. 133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 6, 1944H.J.Res. 283No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 6, 1944H.J.Res. 283No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 3, 1944H.R. 4937No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 3, 1944H.R. 4937No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 1, 1944H.R. 4070No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 78th 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

6 Congresses
73rd · 193378th · 1943
Democrat · House · CA73rd–78th
Term datesexact
Members · California
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Thomas Francis Ford

Representative from California
HOUSED1933–19456 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.5%with Democrats
of 522 votes · 7.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 522 · combined
Steepest move+10 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331943
1943–44 · 78th · Democrat · of 53 votes94.3%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193378th · 1943
Democrat73rd–78th

Party switchers

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