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Vernon Wallace Thomson

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1961–1975ID T000233
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LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 1,273 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 1,273 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓196119671973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
24.1%with Democrats
of 374 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +16 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 20, 1974S. 4206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6668), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 2439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 15977No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 374 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance19.7% · 71 votes
Congress14.6% · 48 votes
Energy47.1% · 34 votes
Labor and Employment4.8% · 21 votes
International Affairs50% · 18 votes
Transportation and Public Works0% · 16 votes
District of Columbia0% · 15 votes
Government Operations and Politics7.7% · 13 votes
Armed Forces and National Security33.3% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Health— · 7 votes
Commerce— · 6 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Education— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Law— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 24 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

7 Congresses
87th · 196193rd · 1973
Republican · House · WI87th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
VT

Vernon Wallace Thomson

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSER1961–19757 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Democrats
of 1,273 votes · 83% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested17%of 1,273 · combined
Steepest move+16 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019611973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 374 votes24.1%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 374 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance19.7% · 71
Congress14.6% · 48
Energy47.1% · 34
Labor and Employment4.8% · 21
International Affairs50% · 18
Transportation and Public Works0% · 16
District of Columbia0% · 15
Government Operations and Politics7.7% · 13
Armed Forces and National Security33.3% · 12
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Health— · 7
Commerce— · 6
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Education— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Law— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Real property— · 2
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 24 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

87th · 196193rd · 1973
Republican87th–93rd

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