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Thomas Dillard Johnston

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1885–1889ID J000199
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 320 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 320 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1885 → 1887
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 ↓1885
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
77%with Democrats
of 139 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −7 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 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1889S. 2851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2851), 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 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1889S. 2511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 139 contested votes scored in the 50th 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

2 Congresses
49th · 188550th · 1887
Democrat · House · NC49th–50th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
TJ

Thomas Dillard Johnston

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1885–18892 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
80.9%with Democrats
of 320 votes · 19.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 320 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1885→87, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018851887
1887–88 · 50th · Democrat · of 139 votes77%

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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 · 139 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

49th · 188550th · 1887
Democrat49th–50th

Party switchers

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