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Thompson Ware McNeely

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1869–1873ID M000585
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LegislationHEADLINE
96%with Dems
of 643 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
96%with Dems
of 643 · both combined
Steepest move
−0 pts
1869 → 1871
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 ↓1869
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.6%with Democrats
of 229 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, −0 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, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2991), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Feb 28, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 10, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 10, 1873S. 693No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 10, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1873H.R. 33No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 229 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
41st · 186942nd · 1871
Democrat · House · IL41st–42nd
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Thompson Ware McNeely

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1869–18732 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
95.8%with Democrats
of 643 votes · 4.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested96%of 643 · combined
Steepest move−0 pts1869→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018691871
1871–72 · 42nd · Democrat · of 229 votes95.6%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 229 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186942nd · 1871
Democrat41st–42nd

Party switchers

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