Thomas Witherell Palmer

Senator from Michigan

SENATEREPUBLICAN1883–1889ID P000044

LegislationHEADLINE

10%with Dems

of 640 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

10%with Dems

of 640 · both combined

Steepest move

−3 pts

1885 → 1887

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 ↓1883

1887–8850th Congress

Sat as a Republican

8.3%with Democrats

of 229 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −3 pts — within one party label.

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, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1889S.J.Res. 12No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1889S. 139No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 139), 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

Open roll call

Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12578No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 229 contested votes scored in the 50th 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

3 Congresses

48th · 188350th · 1887

Republican · Senate · MI48th–50th

Term datesexact

Thomas Witherell Palmer

Senator from Michigan

SENATER1883–18893 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

10%with Democrats

of 640 votes · 90% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested10%of 640 · combined

Steepest move−3 pts1885→87, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018831887

1887–88 · 50th · Republican · of 229 votes8.3%

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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 · 229 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188350th · 1887

Republican48th–50th

Party switchers

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