JT
Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh
Representative from TennesseeHOUSEREPUBLICAN1873–1879ID T000239
LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 594 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 594 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓1873
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.1%with Democrats
of 117 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −12 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 22, 1879H.R. 4414LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1879H.R. 6131LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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 20, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 8, 1879H.R. 6145LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 12, 1878noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 45th 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 Congresses43rd · 187345th · 1877
Republican · House · TN43rd–45th
Term datesexact