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Thomas Scales Plowman

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1899ID P000388
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LegislationHEADLINE
100%with Dems
of 30 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
100%with Dems
of 30 · 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 ↓1897
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 30 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
Feb 4, 1898noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 31, 1898S.Con.Res. 22No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 28, 1898H.R. 4829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4829), 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
Jan 28, 1898noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1898H.R. 6251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 20, 1898noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 19, 1898noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 13, 1898noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 11, 1898H.R. 6251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 30 contested votes scored in the 55th 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
55th · 1897
Democrat · House · AL55th–55th
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
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Thomas Scales Plowman

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1897–18991 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
100%with Democrats
of 30 votes · 0% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested100%of 30 · combined

Career arc

10050018971897
1897–98 · 55th · Democrat · of 30 votes100%

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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 · 30 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189755th · 1897
Democrat55th–55th

Party switchers

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