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Walter Preston Brownlow

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1897–1911ID B000962
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LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 599 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 599 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1899 → 1901
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 ↓189719031909
1909–1061st Congress
Sat as a Republican
5.7%with Democrats
of 88 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1899 → 1901, −5 pts — within one party label.
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
May 11, 1910H.R. 22642No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 11, 1910H.R. 22642No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 10, 1910H.R. 17536No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17536), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
May 10, 1910H.R. 17536No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 10, 1910H.R. 17536No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 9, 1910H.R. 14464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 28, 1910H.Res. 594No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 8, 1910H.R. 23311No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 6, 1910H.R. 22768No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 88 contested votes scored in the 61st 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

7 Congresses
55th · 189761st · 1909
Republican · House · TN55th–61st
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
WB

Walter Preston Brownlow

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSER1897–19117 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
4.7%with Democrats
of 599 votes · 95.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested5%of 599 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1899→01, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018971909
1909–10 · 61st · Republican · of 88 votes5.7%

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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 · 88 contested votes scored in the 61st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189761st · 1909
Republican55th–61st

Party switchers

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