JT
John McCandless Thompson
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1873–1879ID T000209
LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 376 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 376 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1873 → 1877
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 ↓1873
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.5%with Democrats
of 213 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1877, −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
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6462LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6500LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6471LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879H.R. 2423LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 213 contested votes scored in the 45th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses43rd · 187345th · 1877
Republican · House · PA43rd–45th
Term datesexact