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Thomas Jefferson Henderson

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1875–1895ID H000489
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 1,557 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 1,557 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓1875188118871893
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.3%with Democrats
of 68 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, +12 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, 1895S. 1009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1895S. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895H.R. 8234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1895H.R. 8892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1895H.R. 8892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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

10 Congresses
44th · 187553rd · 1893
Republican · House · IL44th–53rd
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Thomas Jefferson Henderson

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1875–189510 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
11.4%with Democrats
of 1,557 votes · 88.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 1,557 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1881→83, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018751893
1893–94 · 53rd · Republican · of 68 votes10.3%

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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 · 68 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187553rd · 1893
Republican44th–53rd

Party switchers

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