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LaMar Baker

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1971–1975ID B000069
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 534 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 534 · both combined
Steepest move
−2 pts
1971 → 1973
still a Republican

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 ↓1971
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
13.4%with Democrats
of 359 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, −2 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 620No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1974S. 4206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14449), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1494No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 359 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance9.9% · 71 votes
Congress14.9% · 47 votes
Energy9.4% · 32 votes
Labor and Employment14.3% · 21 votes
International Affairs17.6% · 17 votes
Transportation and Public Works5.9% · 17 votes
District of Columbia0% · 15 votes
Government Operations and Politics0% · 13 votes
Armed Forces and National Security16.7% · 12 votes
Law0% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Commerce— · 6 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Health— · 6 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Education— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Mines and mineral resources— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 26 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

2 Congresses
92nd · 197193rd · 1973
Republican · House · TN92nd–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
LB

LaMar Baker

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSER1971–19752 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Democrats
of 534 votes · 86% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 534 · combined
Steepest move−2 pts1971→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019711973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 359 votes13.4%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 359 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance9.9% · 71
Congress14.9% · 47
Energy9.4% · 32
Labor and Employment14.3% · 21
International Affairs17.6% · 17
Transportation and Public Works5.9% · 17
District of Columbia0% · 15
Government Operations and Politics0% · 13
Armed Forces and National Security16.7% · 12
Law0% · 10
Commerce— · 6
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Health— · 6
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Education— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Real property— · 2
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Mines and mineral resources— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 26 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

92nd · 197193rd · 1973
Republican92nd–93rd

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