JT
John Mellen Thurston
Senator from NebraskaSENATEREPUBLICAN1895–1901ID T000256
LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 342 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 342 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 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
1899–190056th Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.5%with Democrats
of 103 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −7 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 2, 1901H.R. 9829LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 636LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 9047LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9047), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 13705LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 10302LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 10539LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 103 contested votes scored in the 56th 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 Congresses54th · 189556th · 1899
Republican · Senate · NE54th–56th
Term datesexact