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Lot Thomas

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1899–1905ID T000179
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 245 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 245 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1899 → 1901
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 ↓1899
1903–0458th Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.4%with Democrats
of 48 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1899 → 1901, +3 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
Feb 17, 1905H.Res. 497No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1905H.R. 18588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 9, 1905H.R. 18588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 18588), 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
Feb 6, 1905H.Res. 484No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1905H.Res. 484No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1905H.R. 17994No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 31, 1905H.R. 17473No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 20, 1905H.R. 17474No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 20, 1905H.R. 17473No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 58th 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
56th · 189958th · 1903
Republican · House · IA56th–58th
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
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Lot Thomas

Representative from Iowa
HOUSER1899–19053 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
8.2%with Democrats
of 245 votes · 91.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 245 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts1899→01, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018991903
1903–04 · 58th · Republican · of 48 votes10.4%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 58th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189958th · 1903
Republican56th–58th

Party switchers

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