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Philip Burton Thompson Jr.
Representative from KentuckyHOUSEDEMOCRAT1879–1885ID T000212
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 618 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 618 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
1879 → 1881
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 ↓1879
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.4%with Democrats
of 166 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, +1 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, 1885S. 2530LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8138), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 166 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
3 Congresses46th · 187948th · 1883
Democrat · House · KY46th–48th
Term datesexact