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William David Thomas

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1933–1937ID T000187
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LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 134 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 134 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓1933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Republican
1.2%with Democrats
of 84 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −13 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
May 11, 1936H.Res. 123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 11, 1936H.R. 12624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 11, 1936H.R. 12624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12624), 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
Apr 29, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1936H.R. 12037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 7, 1936H.Res. 476No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 25, 1936S. 3424No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 25, 1936H.Res. 461No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 19, 1936S. 3978No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 84 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

2 Congresses
73rd · 193374th · 1935
Republican · House · NY73rd–74th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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William David Thomas

Representative from New York
HOUSER1933–19372 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Democrats
of 134 votes · 94% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested6%of 134 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1933→35, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019331935
1935–36 · 74th · Republican · of 84 votes1.2%

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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 · 84 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193374th · 1935
Republican73rd–74th

Party switchers

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