The Vote Ledger
/
Data through Sep 17, 2026Compare members
The Vote Ledger
TS

Thomas Bahnson Stanley

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1955ID S000797
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
49%with Dems
of 282 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
49%with Dems
of 282 · both combined
Steepest move
+66 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓19471953
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 1 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +66 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
Feb 3, 1953S. 243No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 3, 1953H.R. 1719No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 3, 1953noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
3 most recent roll calls shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

4 Congresses
80th · 194783rd · 1953
Democrat · House · VA80th–83rd
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
TS

Thomas Bahnson Stanley

Representative from Virginia
HOUSED1947–19554 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
48.6%with Democrats
of 282 votes · 51.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested49%of 282 · combined
Steepest move+66 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019471953
1953–54 · 83rd · Democrat · of 1 votes100%

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 3 shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194783rd · 1953
Democrat80th–83rd

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
AD320 × 50 · Anchor