Robert Ewing Thomason

Representative from Texas

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1931–1949ID T000189

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 812 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 812 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 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 ↓193119371943

1947–4880th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

96.2%with Democrats

of 26 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, +11 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

Jul 18, 1947H.R. 3950No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 18, 1947H.R. 3601No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 17, 1947H.R. 1639No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1639), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jul 15, 1947H.R. 267No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 10, 1947S. 564No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 8, 1947H.R. 3950No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 8, 1947H.R. 3950No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 7, 1947H.R. 3214No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 7, 1947H.R. 4017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 26 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

9 Congresses

72nd · 193180th · 1947

Democrat · House · TX72nd–80th

Term datesexact

Robert Ewing Thomason

Representative from Texas

HOUSED1931–19499 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

86.2%with Democrats

of 812 votes · 13.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 812 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1945→47, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311947

1947–48 · 80th · Democrat · of 26 votes96.2%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 26 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193180th · 1947

Democrat72nd–80th

Party switchers

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