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William Homer Thornberry
Representative from TexasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1965ID T000237
LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 682 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 682 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓194919551961
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.6%with Democrats
of 45 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +11 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
Dec 17, 1963H.R. 9413LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1963H.R. 9499LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1963H.R. 9499LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9499), 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
Dec 13, 1963H.R. 9139LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 12, 1963H.R. 4955LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 12, 1963H.R. 4955LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 10, 1963H.R. 8747LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 9, 1963H.R. 8929LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 9, 1963H.R. 7885LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 88th 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
8 Congresses81st · 194988th · 1963
Democrat · House · TX81st–88th
Term datesexact