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Thomas Bayless Ward

Representative from Indiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1883–1887ID W000142
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LegislationHEADLINE
72%with Dems
of 307 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
72%with Dems
of 307 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1883 → 1885
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 ↓1883
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
70.3%with Democrats
of 148 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, −3 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 3, 1887S. 763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 856No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 856), 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
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 10793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 3050No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 512No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 5394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 6974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 148 contested votes scored in the 49th 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
48th · 188349th · 1885
Democrat · House · IN48th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
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Thomas Bayless Ward

Representative from Indiana
HOUSED1883–18872 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
72%with Democrats
of 307 votes · 28% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested72%of 307 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1883→85, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018831885
1885–86 · 49th · Democrat · of 148 votes70.3%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 148 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188349th · 1885
Democrat48th–49th

Party switchers

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