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Joseph Wellington Byrns

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1909–1937ID B001217
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 1,416 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 1,416 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓19091915192119271933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.3%with Democrats
of 12 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −16 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
May 13, 1936H.R. 2066No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 11, 1936H.Res. 123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 22, 1936H.Res. 401No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 401), 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
Jan 10, 1936H.R. 9870No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 14, 1935S.J.Res. 113No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 7, 1935S.J.Res. 113No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 22, 1935H.R. 3896No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 9, 1935H.R. 7617No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 9, 1935H.R. 7617No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 12 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

14 Congresses
61st · 190974th · 1935
Democrat · House · TN61st–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
JB

Joseph Wellington Byrns

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSED1909–193714 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
91.5%with Democrats
of 1,416 votes · 8.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 1,416 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019091935
1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 12 votes83.3%

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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 · 12 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

61st · 190974th · 1935
Democrat61st–74th

Party switchers

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