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John Parnell Thomas

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1937–1951ID T000175
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 481 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 481 · both combined
Steepest move
−18 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓193719431949
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 7 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −18 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
Jun 29, 1949H.R. 4009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 29, 1949H.R. 4009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 29, 1949H.R. 4009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4009), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Jun 29, 1949H.R. 4009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 5, 1949H.R. 2989No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 4, 1949H.R. 2032No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 3, 1949H.Res. 5No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 3, 1949noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
8 most recent roll calls shown · 7 contested votes scored in the 81st 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
75th · 193781st · 1949
Republican · House · NJ75th–81st
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
JT

John Parnell Thomas

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSER1937–19517 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9.8%with Democrats
of 481 votes · 90.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 481 · combined
Steepest move−18 pts1941→43, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019371949
1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 7 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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 7 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193781st · 1949
Republican75th–81st

Party switchers

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