Rep. John Parnell Thomas
Former Representative for New Jersey’s 7th District
Thomas was the representative for New Jersey’s 7th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1937 to 1950.
![Photo of Rep. John Parnell Thomas [R-NJ7, 1937-1950]](/static/legislator-photos/410756-200px.jpeg)
Misconduct
Thomas faced an allegation of payroll fraud. On Nov. 30, 1949, he pleaded no contest and served nine months in prison. On Jan. 2, 1950, he resigned.
| Nov. 30, 1949 | Pleaded no contest and served nine months in prison. |
| Jan. 2, 1950 | Resigned. |
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1937 to Oct 1949, Thomas missed 159 of 1,207 roll call votes, which is 13.2%. This is much worse than the median of 3.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1949. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
