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Thomas Norman Kindness

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1975–1987ID K000190
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 2,792 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 2,792 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1979 → 1981
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 ↓19751981
1985–8699th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.5%with Democrats
of 443 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1979 → 1981, +3 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Oct 17, 1986H.R. 6No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 17, 1986H.R. 5300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 17, 1986H.R. 6No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6), 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
Oct 17, 1986H.R. 5484No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 17, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 2, 1986H.R. 4021No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 2, 1986H.R. 4116No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 2, 1986H.R. 4021No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 2, 1986H.R. 4116No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 443 contested votes scored in the 99th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance9% · 668 votes
Congress7.6% · 289 votes
Government Operations and Politics13% · 215 votes
International Affairs5.2% · 213 votes
Armed Forces and National Security11.4% · 176 votes
Energy5.4% · 111 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance24% · 100 votes
Agriculture and Food25.6% · 90 votes
Transportation and Public Works22.4% · 67 votes
Taxation9.2% · 65 votes
Education3.4% · 59 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources11.9% · 59 votes
Science, Technology, Communications3.5% · 57 votes
Labor and Employment9.1% · 55 votes
Housing and Community Development4.2% · 48 votes
Environmental Protection6.5% · 46 votes
Health5.1% · 39 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement20.6% · 34 votes
Law9.7% · 31 votes
Social Welfare6.9% · 29 votes
Commerce0% · 25 votes
Finance and Financial Sector12.5% · 24 votes
Immigration17.6% · 17 votes
Industrial relations21.4% · 14 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues9.1% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Private Legislation— · 8 votes
Water Resources Development— · 8 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Native Americans— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Depletion allowances— · 6 votes
Lobbying— · 6 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 6 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 6 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 5 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Families— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Social Sciences and History— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 3 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Municipal finance— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Mortgages— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 65 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Day care, District of Columbia, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Real property, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

6 Congresses
94th · 197599th · 1985
Republican · House · OH94th–99th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
TK

Thomas Norman Kindness

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1975–19876 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
10.6%with Democrats
of 2,792 votes · 89.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 2,792 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts1979→81, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019751985
1985–86 · 99th · Republican · of 443 votes11.5%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 443 contested votes scored in the 99th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance9% · 668
Congress7.6% · 289
Government Operations and Politics13% · 215
International Affairs5.2% · 213
Armed Forces and National Security11.4% · 176
Energy5.4% · 111
Foreign Trade and International Finance24% · 100
Agriculture and Food25.6% · 90
Transportation and Public Works22.4% · 67
Taxation9.2% · 65
Education3.4% · 59
Public Lands and Natural Resources11.9% · 59
Science, Technology, Communications3.5% · 57
Labor and Employment9.1% · 55
Housing and Community Development4.2% · 48
Environmental Protection6.5% · 46
Health5.1% · 39
Crime and Law Enforcement20.6% · 34
Law9.7% · 31
Social Welfare6.9% · 29
Commerce0% · 25
Finance and Financial Sector12.5% · 24
Immigration17.6% · 17
Industrial relations21.4% · 14
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues9.1% · 11
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Private Legislation— · 8
Water Resources Development— · 8
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Native Americans— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Depletion allowances— · 6
Lobbying— · 6
Mines and mineral resources— · 6
Vietnamese Conflict— · 6
Home repair and improvement— · 5
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Families— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Social Sciences and History— · 4
Commemorations— · 3
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Municipal finance— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Public works— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Sports and Recreation— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Mortgages— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 65 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Day care, District of Columbia, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Real property, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

94th · 197599th · 1985
Republican94th–99th

Party switchers

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