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Thomas Williams
Representative from AlabamaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1879–1885ID W000537
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 608 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 608 · both combined
Steepest move
−1 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓1879
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.3%with Democrats
of 169 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, −1 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 25, 1885H.R. 8130LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1885H.R. 8239LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8239), 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 23, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1885H.R. 7655LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1885S. 2511LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 16, 1885S. 2169LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 13, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 169 contested votes scored in the 48th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses46th · 187948th · 1883
Democrat · House · AL46th–48th
Term datesexact