Thomas James Walsh

Senator from Montana

SENATEDEMOCRAT1913–1933ID W000104

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 1,788 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 1,788 · both combined

Steepest move

+17 pts

1925 → 1927

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 ↓1913191919251931

1931–3272nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

80%with Democrats

of 85 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +17 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

Feb 20, 1933S. 5125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 20, 1933S. 5125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 5125), 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

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Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 15, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 15, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 85 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

10 Congresses

63rd · 191372nd · 1931

Democrat · Senate · MT63rd–72nd

Term datesexact

Thomas James Walsh

Senator from Montana

SENATED1913–193310 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

86.3%with Democrats

of 1,788 votes · 13.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 1,788 · combined

Steepest move+17 pts1925→27, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019131931

1931–32 · 72nd · Democrat · of 85 votes80%

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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 · 85 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191372nd · 1931

Democrat63rd–72nd

Party switchers

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