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Jacob Thorkelson

Representative from Montana
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1941ID T000236
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LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 135 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 135 · both combined

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 ↓1939
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Republican
20.7%with Democrats
of 135 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Sep 14, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1940H.R. 10361No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 11, 1940S. 3550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3550), 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
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 30, 1940H.Res. 528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 28, 1940S. 1681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 135 contested votes scored in the 76th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

1 Congresses
76th · 1939
Republican · House · MT76th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Montana
JT

Jacob Thorkelson

Representative from Montana
HOUSER1939–19411 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
20.7%with Democrats
of 135 votes · 79.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested21%of 135 · combined

Career arc

10050019391939
1939–40 · 76th · Republican · of 135 votes20.7%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 135 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

76th · 193976th · 1939
Republican76th–76th

Party switchers

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