JT
John Renshaw Thomson
Senator from New JerseySENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1863ID T000231
LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 492 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 492 · both combined
Steepest move
−1 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1857
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
77.3%with Democrats
of 66 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, −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
Jun 5, 1862H.R. 312LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 5, 1862H.R. 312LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1862H.R. 312LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 312), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jun 3, 1862H.R. 391LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 2, 1862H.R. 312LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 2, 1862H.R. 312LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 2, 1862H.R. 312LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 2, 1862S. 281LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 31, 1862H.R. 312LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 37th 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 Congresses35th · 185737th · 1861
Democrat · Senate · NJ35th–37th
Term datesexact