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Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1907–1913ID T000154
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LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 356 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 356 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1909 → 1911
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 ↓1907
1911–1262nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
3.4%with Democrats
of 88 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1909 → 1911, −9 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
Mar 4, 1913H.R. 28775No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913S. 5382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913S.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 164), 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
Mar 1, 1913H.R. 27148No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913S. 4043No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1913H.R. 28812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1913H.R. 28812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1913S. 3175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1913H.R. 28730No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 88 contested votes scored in the 62nd 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

3 Congresses
60th · 190762nd · 1911
Republican · House · IL60th–62nd
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1907–19133 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
6.5%with Democrats
of 356 votes · 93.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested6%of 356 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1909→11, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019071911
1911–12 · 62nd · Republican · of 88 votes3.4%

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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 · 88 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

60th · 190762nd · 1911
Republican60th–62nd

Party switchers

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