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Robert Taylor Thorp
Representative from VirginiaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1899ID T000244
LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 90 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 90 · both combined
Steepest move
−0 pts
1895 → 1897
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 ↓1895
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.9%with Democrats
of 53 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −0 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
Mar 3, 1899H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1899noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1899H.R. 4936LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4936), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 28, 1899H.R. 11683LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1899H.R. 12122LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1899noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1899H.R. 12125LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 17, 1899H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1899H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 55th 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
2 Congresses54th · 189555th · 1897
Republican · House · VA54th–55th
Term datesexact