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Thomas Collier Platt

Senator from New York
SENATEREPUBLICAN1873–1909ID P000383
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LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 911 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 911 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1899 → 1901
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 ↓187318791885189118971903
1907–0860th Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.8%with Democrats
of 16 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1899 → 1901, +9 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
Feb 23, 1909S. 5729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1909S. 5729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1909H.R. 27054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 27054), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 23, 1909H.R. 27054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1909H.R. 27523No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 22, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 22, 1909S.J.Res. 117No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 19, 1909noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 8, 1909noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 16 contested votes scored in the 60th 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

9 Congresses
43rd · 187347th · 188160th · 1907
Republican · House · NY43rd–44th
Republican · Senate · NY47th–60th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
TP

Thomas Collier Platt

Senator from New York
SENATER1873–19099 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
6.9%with Democrats
of 911 votes · 93.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested7%of 911 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1899→01, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018731907
1907–08 · 60th · Republican · of 16 votes18.8%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 16 contested votes scored in the 60th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187360th · 1907
Republican43rd–44th
Republican47th–60th

Party switchers

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