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Thomas Brackett Reed

Representative from Maine
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1877–1899ID R000128
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LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 1,225 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 1,225 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓1877188318891895
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 4 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, +5 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
Apr 18, 1898H.J.Res. 233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 13, 1898H.J.Res. 233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 8, 1898H.R. 8927No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8927), 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
Jan 31, 1898S.Con.Res. 22No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 11, 1898H.R. 6251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 19, 1897H.R. 379No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 31, 1897H.R. 379No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
7 most recent roll calls shown · 4 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

11 Congresses
45th · 187755th · 1897
Republican · House · ME45th–55th
Term datesexact
Members · Maine
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Thomas Brackett Reed

Representative from Maine
HOUSER1877–189911 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
6.9%with Democrats
of 1,225 votes · 93.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested7%of 1,225 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1881→83, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018771897
1897–98 · 55th · Republican · of 4 votes0%

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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 · 4 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187755th · 1897
Republican45th–55th

Party switchers

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