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Leonard Ray Blanton

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1967–1973ID B000548
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LegislationHEADLINE
61%with Dems
of 376 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
61%with Dems
of 376 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1969 → 1971
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 ↓1967
1971–7292nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
66.9%with Democrats
of 118 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, +11 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
Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1972S. 4062No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1972H.R. 14989No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14989), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Oct 12, 1972H.R. 16754No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1972H.R. 16593No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1972H.R. 14370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1972H.R. 14370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1972H.R. 16987No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 118 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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
90th · 196792nd · 1971
Democrat · House · TN90th–92nd
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Leonard Ray Blanton

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSED1967–19733 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
60.6%with Democrats
of 376 votes · 39.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested61%of 376 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts1969→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019671971
1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 118 votes66.9%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 118 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

90th · 196792nd · 1971
Democrat90th–92nd

Party switchers

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