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James Webb Throckmorton

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1887ID T000246
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 670 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 670 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1875 → 1877
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 ↓18751881
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.6%with Democrats
of 70 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, +12 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
Feb 11, 1887S. 929No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 7, 1887H.R. 8594No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 7, 1887S. 6No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 6), 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
Feb 5, 1887S. 995No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1887noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 4, 1887S. 249No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1887H.R. 10666No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1887S. 1532No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 17, 1887H.R. 807No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 49th 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

4 Congresses
44th · 187549th · 1885
Democrat · House · TX44th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
JT

James Webb Throckmorton

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1875–18874 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
84.5%with Democrats
of 670 votes · 15.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 670 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1875→77, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018751885
1885–86 · 49th · Democrat · of 70 votes88.6%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187549th · 1885
Democrat44th–49th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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