Thomas Weston Tipton

Senator from Nebraska

SENATEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY1867–1875ID T000286

LegislationHEADLINE

52%with Dems

of 1,034 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

52%with Dems

of 1,034 · both combined

Steepest move

+37 pts

1869 → 1871

still a Republican

Changed parties

43rd

R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓18671873R→O · 43rd

1873–7443rd Congress

Sat under another party label

66.1%with Democrats

of 168 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, +37 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, 1875H.R. 1580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 3341No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4740), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 168 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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

40th · 186743rd · 1873

Republican · Senate · NE40th–42nd

Other party · Senate · NE43rd–43rd

Term datesexact

Thomas Weston Tipton

Senator from Nebraska

SENATER→O1867–18754 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

52.1%with Democrats

of 1,034 votes · 47.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested52%of 1,034 · combined

Steepest move+37 pts1869→71, as a Republican

Changed parties43rdR→O

Career arc

100500R→O18671873

1873–74 · 43rd · Other party · of 168 votes66.1%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 168 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186743rd · 1873

Republican40th–42nd

Other party43rd–43rd

Other party switchers

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