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Thomas Allen Jenckes

Representative from Rhode Island
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1863–1871ID J000076
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LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 1,449 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 1,449 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1863 → 1865
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 ↓18631869
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Republican
25.4%with Democrats
of 347 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, +11 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 3, 1871S. 1068No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 1450No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 2908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2908), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 2524No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.J.Res. 467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1871S.J.Res. 187No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871S. 647No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 347 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

4 Congresses
38th · 186341st · 1869
Republican · House · RI38th–41st
Term datesexact
Members · Rhode Island
TJ

Thomas Allen Jenckes

Representative from Rhode Island
HOUSER1863–18714 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
21.6%with Democrats
of 1,449 votes · 78.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested22%of 1,449 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts1863→65, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018631869
1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 347 votes25.4%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 347 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186341st · 1869
Republican38th–41st

Party switchers

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