John William Elmer Thomas

Senator from Oklahoma

SENATEDEMOCRAT1923–1951ID T000177

LegislationHEADLINE

81%with Dems

of 1,609 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

81%with Dems

of 1,609 · both combined

Steepest move

+28 pts

1945 → 1947

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 ↓19231929193519411947

1949–5081st Congress

Sat as a Democrat

83%with Democrats

of 218 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, +28 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

Dec 17, 1950S.J.Res. 207No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 14, 1950S.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 13, 1950H.R. 2734No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2734), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Dec 11, 1950S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 11, 1950S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 7, 1950S.J.Res. 207No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 22, 1950H.R. 9490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 22, 1950H.R. 9526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 20, 1950H.R. 9490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 218 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

14 Congresses

68th · 192370th · 192781st · 1949

Democrat · House · OK68th–69th

Democrat · Senate · OK70th–81st

Term datesexact

John William Elmer Thomas

Senator from Oklahoma

SENATED1923–195114 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

80.6%with Democrats

of 1,609 votes · 19.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested81%of 1,609 · combined

Steepest move+28 pts1945→47, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231949

1949–50 · 81st · Democrat · of 218 votes83%

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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 · 218 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192381st · 1949

Democrat68th–69th

Democrat70th–81st

Party switchers

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