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Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1859–1861ID N000042
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LegislationHEADLINE
51%with Dems
of 295 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
51%with Dems
of 295 · both combined

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 ↓1859
1859–6036th Congress
Sat under another party label
51.2%with Democrats
of 295 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861S. 10No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 910No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 971No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 295 contested votes scored in the 36th 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

1 Congresses
36th · 1859
Other party · House · TN36th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
TN

Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEO1859–18611 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
51.2%with Democrats
of 295 votes · 48.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested51%of 295 · combined

Career arc

10050018591859
1859–60 · 36th · Other party · of 295 votes51.2%

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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 · 295 contested votes scored in the 36th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185936th · 1859
Other party36th–36th

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