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Robert Young Thomas Jr.

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1909–1925ID T000185
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 887 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 887 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓190919151921
1923–2468th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.3%with Democrats
of 91 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, −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 3, 1925H.Res. 426No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1925H.R. 12392No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1925H.J.Res. 365No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 365), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1925H.R. 3241No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1925H.R. 11503No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1925H.R. 12348No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1925H.R. 12348No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1925H.R. 12348No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1925H.R. 11444No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 91 contested votes scored in the 68th 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

8 Congresses
61st · 190968th · 1923
Democrat · House · KY61st–68th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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Robert Young Thomas Jr.

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSED1909–19258 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
88.7%with Democrats
of 887 votes · 11.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 887 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1915→17, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019091923
1923–24 · 68th · Democrat · of 91 votes92.3%

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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 · 91 contested votes scored in the 68th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

61st · 190968th · 1923
Democrat61st–68th

Party switchers

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