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Thomas Clay McCreery

Senator from Kentucky
SENATEDEMOCRAT1867–1879ID M000385
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 1,401 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 1,401 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1869 → 1873
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
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.3%with Democrats
of 300 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1873, −4 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, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6240No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4228No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4228), 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 3, 1879H.R. 6471No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1879H.R. 6462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1879H.R. 6462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879H.R. 6462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 300 contested votes scored in the 45th 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

5 Congresses
40th · 186745th · 1877
Democrat · Senate · KY40th–45th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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Thomas Clay McCreery

Senator from Kentucky
SENATED1867–18795 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
91.4%with Democrats
of 1,401 votes · 8.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 1,401 · combined
Steepest move−4 pts1869→73, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018671877
1877–78 · 45th · Democrat · of 300 votes92.3%

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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 · 300 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186745th · 1877
Democrat40th–45th

Party switchers

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