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Thomas Battle Turley

Senator from Tennessee
SENATEDEMOCRAT1897–1901ID T000412
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LegislationHEADLINE
98%with Dems
of 211 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
98%with Dems
of 211 · both combined
Steepest move
−0 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓1897
1899–190056th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
98.2%with Democrats
of 111 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, −0 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
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 636No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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 27, 1901H.R. 14017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 14017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 14017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 14017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 14017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 14017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 111 contested votes scored in the 56th 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

2 Congresses
55th · 189756th · 1899
Democrat · Senate · TN55th–56th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Thomas Battle Turley

Senator from Tennessee
SENATED1897–19012 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
98.1%with Democrats
of 211 votes · 1.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested98%of 211 · combined
Steepest move−0 pts1897→99, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018971899
1899–1900 · 56th · Democrat · of 111 votes98.2%

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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 · 111 contested votes scored in the 56th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189756th · 1899
Democrat55th–56th

Party switchers

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