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Thomas Sylvy Gordon
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1943–1959ID G000316
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 687 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 687 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓194319491955
1957–5885th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.3%with Democrats
of 78 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, +11 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
Aug 21, 1958S. 4036LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 21, 1958S. 4036LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 20, 1958H.R. 13450LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13450), 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
Aug 20, 1958H.R. 13450LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1958H.Res. 689LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 18, 1958H.R. 13067LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 18, 1958S. 3974LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 18, 1958S. 4035LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 6, 1958S. 4071LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 78 contested votes scored in the 85th 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
8 Congresses78th · 194385th · 1957
Democrat · House · IL78th–85th
Term datesexact