Jere Cooper

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1929–1959ID C000755

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 1,365 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 1,365 · both combined

Steepest move

−25 pts

1955 → 1957

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 ↓19291935194119471953

1957–5885th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

65.5%with Democrats

of 58 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, −25 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

Aug 30, 1957H.R. 9302No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 30, 1957S. 2377No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 28, 1957S. 2792No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2792), 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

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Aug 27, 1957H.R. 7915No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 27, 1957H.Res. 410No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 23, 1957H.Res. 409No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 23, 1957H.Res. 407No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 23, 1957S. 2229No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 85th 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

15 Congresses

71st · 192985th · 1957

Democrat · House · TN71st–85th

Term datesexact

Jere Cooper

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSED1929–195915 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

85.9%with Democrats

of 1,365 votes · 14.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 1,365 · combined

Steepest move−25 pts1955→57, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019291957

1957–58 · 85th · Democrat · of 58 votes65.5%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

71st · 192985th · 1957

Democrat71st–85th

Party switchers

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