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Charles Spalding Thomas

Senator from Colorado
SENATEDEMOCRAT1911–1921ID T000160
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LegislationHEADLINE
72%with Dems
of 837 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
72%with Dems
of 837 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1913 → 1915
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 ↓19111917
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
64.9%with Democrats
of 191 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, −13 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, 1921H.R. 15975No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1921H.R. 517No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 517), 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
Feb 28, 1921H.R. 15275No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1921H.R. 16100No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1921H.R. 16100No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1921H.R. 15935No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1921H.R. 15935No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1921noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 191 contested votes scored in the 66th 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
62nd · 191166th · 1919
Democrat · Senate · CO62nd–66th
Term datesyears only to 1911 · exact from 1913
Members · Colorado
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Charles Spalding Thomas

Senator from Colorado
SENATED1911–19215 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
72.2%with Democrats
of 837 votes · 27.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested72%of 837 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1913→15, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019111919
1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 191 votes64.9%

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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 · 191 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191166th · 1919
Democrat62nd–66th

Party switchers

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