John William Davis

Representative from Georgia

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1961–1975ID D000122

LegislationHEADLINE

55%with Dems

of 1,090 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

55%with Dems

of 1,090 · both combined

Steepest move

−39 pts

1963 → 1965

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 ↓196119671973

1973–7493rd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

52.9%with Democrats

of 280 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −39 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974S. 3934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3934), 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

Open roll call

Dec 18, 1974H.R. 546No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974H.R. 16596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974H.J.Res. 1178No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974S. 3394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Dec 18, 1974H.Res. 1512No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 17, 1974H.R. 15263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 280 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance35.3% · 51 votes

Congress62.5% · 40 votes

Energy51.7% · 29 votes

Labor and Employment61.9% · 21 votes

International Affairs11.8% · 17 votes

Too few contested votes to score

District of Columbia— · 9 votes

Transportation and Public Works— · 9 votes

Armed Forces and National Security— · 8 votes

Government Operations and Politics— · 7 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes

Law— · 6 votes

Commerce— · 5 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4 votes

Environmental Protection— · 4 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes

Education— · 3 votes

Health— · 3 votes

Petroleum industry— · 3 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes

Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2 votes

Coins and coinage— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Mines and mineral resources— · 1 vote

Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote

Private Legislation— · 1 vote

Public works— · 1 vote

Real property— · 1 vote

Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 28 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

7 Congresses

87th · 196193rd · 1973

Democrat · House · GA87th–93rd

Term datesexact

John William Davis

Representative from Georgia

HOUSED1961–19757 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

55%with Democrats

of 1,090 votes · 45% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested55%of 1,090 · combined

Steepest move−39 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019611973

1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 280 votes52.9%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 280 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance35.3% · 51

Congress62.5% · 40

Energy51.7% · 29

Labor and Employment61.9% · 21

International Affairs11.8% · 17

District of Columbia— · 9

Transportation and Public Works— · 9

Armed Forces and National Security— · 8

Government Operations and Politics— · 7

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6

Law— · 6

Commerce— · 5

Commemorations— · 4

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4

Environmental Protection— · 4

Housing and Community Development— · 4

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3

Congressional-executive relations— · 3

Education— · 3

Health— · 3

Petroleum industry— · 3

Vietnamese Conflict— · 3

Agriculture and Food— · 2

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2

Coins and coinage— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Mines and mineral resources— · 1

Monuments and memorials— · 1

Private Legislation— · 1

Public works— · 1

Real property— · 1

Science, Technology, Communications— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 28 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

87th · 196193rd · 1973

Democrat87th–93rd

Party switchers

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