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Thomas Foster Tipton

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1877–1879ID T000285
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 190 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 190 · both combined

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 ↓1877
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.3%with Democrats
of 190 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1879H.R. 6462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6471No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 190 contested votes scored in the 45th 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

1 Congresses
45th · 1877
Republican · House · IL45th–45th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Thomas Foster Tipton

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1877–18791 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
16.3%with Democrats
of 190 votes · 83.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 190 · combined

Career arc

10050018771877
1877–78 · 45th · Republican · of 190 votes16.3%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 190 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187745th · 1877
Republican45th–45th

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