RA
Richard Merrill Atkinson
Representative from TennesseeHOUSEDEMOCRAT1937–1939ID A000332
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 84 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 84 · both combined
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 ↓1937
1937–3875th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.7%with Democrats
of 84 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Jun 15, 1938H.R. 10530LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 9, 1938H.R. 482LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 9, 1938H.R. 482LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 482), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
May 24, 1938S. 2475LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 24, 1938S. 2475LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 23, 1938H.R. 478LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 20, 1938S. 3949LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 18, 1938H.R. 9738LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 17, 1938H.R. 3115LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 84 contested votes scored in the 75th 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
1 Congresses75th · 1937
Democrat · House · TN75th–75th
Term datesexact