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Thomas Minor Pelly

Representative from Washington
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1953–1973ID P000196
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LegislationHEADLINE
25%with Dems
of 1,147 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
25%with Dems
of 1,147 · both combined
Steepest move
+26 pts
1953 → 1955
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 ↓1953195919651971
1971–7292nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.3%with Democrats
of 169 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, +26 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
Oct 18, 1972H.Con.Res. 726No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 18, 1972S. 2770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16810), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Oct 14, 1972S. 4062No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 6, 1972H.R. 16656No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1972H.Res. 1145No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1972S. 1316No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1972S. 1316No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1972S. 1316No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 169 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

10 Congresses
83rd · 195392nd · 1971
Republican · House · WA83rd–92nd
Term datesexact
Members · Washington
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Thomas Minor Pelly

Representative from Washington
HOUSER1953–197310 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
25.1%with Democrats
of 1,147 votes · 74.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested25%of 1,147 · combined
Steepest move+26 pts1953→55, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019531971
1971–72 · 92nd · Republican · of 169 votes18.3%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 169 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

83rd · 195392nd · 1971
Republican83rd–92nd

Party switchers

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