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Thomas Montague Gunter

Representative from Arkansas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1873–1883ID G000527
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 1,052 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 1,052 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓18731879
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.5%with Democrats
of 176 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −6 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 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7482No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7049No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7631No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7631No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 176 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

5 Congresses
43rd · 187347th · 1881
Democrat · House · AR43rd–47th
Term datesexact
Members · Arkansas
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Thomas Montague Gunter

Representative from Arkansas
HOUSED1873–18835 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
91.3%with Democrats
of 1,052 votes · 8.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 1,052 · combined
Steepest move−6 pts1873→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018731881
1881–82 · 47th · Democrat · of 176 votes87.5%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 176 contested votes scored in the 47th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187347th · 1881
Democrat43rd–47th

Party switchers

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