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Thomas H. Tongue

Representative from Oregon
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1897–1903ID T000309
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 228 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 228 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓1897
1901–0257th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.6%with Democrats
of 43 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, +5 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
Jan 8, 1903H.R. 15510No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 6, 1903H.R. 15449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 5, 1903H.R. 15449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15449), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Jan 5, 1903H.R. 15449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1902H.R. 15702No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1902H.Res. 346No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 9, 1902H.R. 9059No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 28, 1902noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 27, 1902noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 43 contested votes scored in the 57th 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

3 Congresses
55th · 189757th · 1901
Republican · House · OR55th–57th
Term datesexact
Members · Oregon
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Thomas H. Tongue

Representative from Oregon
HOUSER1897–19033 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
10.5%with Democrats
of 228 votes · 89.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 228 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1897→99, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018971901
1901–02 · 57th · Republican · of 43 votes11.6%

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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 · 43 contested votes scored in the 57th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189757th · 1901
Republican55th–57th

Party switchers

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