TJ
Thomas Laurens Jones
Representative from KentuckyHOUSEDEMOCRAT1867–1877ID J000253
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 824 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 824 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1869 → 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 ↓18671873
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.8%with Democrats
of 185 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1875, −3 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, 1877S. 811LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877S. 949LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877S. 125LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 125), 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
Mar 3, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 34LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 185 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
3 Congresses40th · 186744th · 1875
Democrat · House · KY40th–44th
Term datesexact