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Thomas Ruffin
Representative from North CarolinaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID R000499
LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 647 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 647 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1857 → 1859
still a Democrat
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.1%with Democrats
of 275 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +6 pts — while still a Democrat.
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, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861S. 10LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 865LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 865), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 902LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861S. 563LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 275 contested votes scored in the 36th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · House · NC35th–36th
Term datesexact