WT
William George Thompson
Representative from IowaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1879–1883ID T000224
LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 324 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 324 · both combined
Steepest move
−1 pts
1879 → 1881
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 ↓1879
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.8%with Democrats
of 148 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, −1 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
Feb 6, 1883H.R. 7313LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1883H.R. 7313LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 5, 1883H.R. 6235LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6235), 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
Feb 5, 1883H.R. 4672LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1883H.R. 7313LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 25, 1883H.R. 6563LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 25, 1883H.R. 7314LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 25, 1883H.R. 7314LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 25, 1883H.R. 7314LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 148 contested votes scored in the 47th 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 Congresses46th · 187947th · 1881
Republican · House · IA46th–47th
Term datesexact