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John Thomas

Senator from Idaho
SENATEREPUBLICAN1927–1947ID T000172
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 643 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 643 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1943 → 1945
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 ↓1927193319391945
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 24 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, −15 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
Nov 2, 1945S. 1120No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 28, 1945S. 380No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 19, 1945S. 1274No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1274), 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
Sep 19, 1945S. 1274No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 28, 1945noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 21, 1945H.Con.Res. 50No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 19, 1945H.R. 3314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 19, 1945H.R. 3314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 19, 1945H.R. 3314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 24 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

7 Congresses
70th · 192779th · 1945
Republican · Senate · ID70th–79th
Term datesexact
Members · Idaho
JT

John Thomas

Senator from Idaho
SENATER1927–19477 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
14.9%with Democrats
of 643 votes · 85.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 643 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1943→45, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019271945
1945–46 · 79th · Republican · of 24 votes0%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 24 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

70th · 192779th · 1945
Republican70th–79th

Party switchers

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