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Clifford Davis

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1965ID D000094
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 971 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 971 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1947 → 1949
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 ↓19391945195119571963
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.7%with Democrats
of 84 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, −14 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
Sep 3, 1964H.R. 12298No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 3, 1964H.R. 12298No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 1, 1964S. 2701No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2701), 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
Aug 19, 1964H.R. 11926No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1964S. 3049No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 18, 1964H.R. 1839No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 17, 1964H.R. 9000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 17, 1964H.R. 6242No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 17, 1964H.Con.Res. 343No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 84 contested votes scored in the 88th 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

13 Congresses
76th · 193988th · 1963
Democrat · House · TN76th–88th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Clifford Davis

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSED1939–196513 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
80.7%with Democrats
of 971 votes · 19.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 971 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1947→49, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391963
1963–64 · 88th · Democrat · of 84 votes85.7%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 84 contested votes scored in the 88th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193988th · 1963
Democrat76th–88th

Party switchers

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