Thaddeus Stevens

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1859–1869ID S000887

LegislationHEADLINE

19%with Dems

of 1,591 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

19%with Dems

of 1,591 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 pts

1861 → 1863

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 ↓18591865

1867–6840th Congress

Sat as a Republican

19.8%with Democrats

of 207 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, +11 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 10, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 25, 1868noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 25, 1868H.R. 1460No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1460), 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

Open roll call

Jul 25, 1868S. 207No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 25, 1868H.R. 1460No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 25, 1868H.R. 1460No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 23, 1868H.R. 1096No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 23, 1868H.R. 1096No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 23, 1868H.R. 541No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 207 contested votes scored in the 40th 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

5 Congresses

36th · 185940th · 1867

Republican · House · PA36th–40th

Term datesexact

Thaddeus Stevens

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSER1859–18695 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

18.5%with Democrats

of 1,591 votes · 81.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested19%of 1,591 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1861→63, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018591867

1867–68 · 40th · Republican · of 207 votes19.8%

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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 · 207 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185940th · 1867

Republican36th–40th

Party switchers

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