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Nathan Lynn Bachman

Senator from Tennessee
SENATEDEMOCRAT1933–1939ID B000010
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 250 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 250 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1935 → 1937
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 ↓1933
1937–3875th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.5%with Democrats
of 16 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, +5 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
Apr 7, 1937S.Con.Res. 7No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 5, 1937H.R. 4985No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 5, 1937H.R. 4985No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4985), 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
Apr 5, 1937H.R. 4985No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 22, 1937H.R. 5232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1937S.J.Res. 51No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1937S.J.Res. 51No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1937S.J.Res. 51No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1937H.R. 2518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 16 contested votes scored in the 75th 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

3 Congresses
73rd · 193375th · 1937
Democrat · Senate · TN73rd–75th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Nathan Lynn Bachman

Senator from Tennessee
SENATED1933–19393 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
84.4%with Democrats
of 250 votes · 15.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 250 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1935→37, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331937
1937–38 · 75th · Democrat · of 16 votes87.5%

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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 · 16 contested votes scored in the 75th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193375th · 1937
Democrat73rd–75th

Party switchers

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