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Joseph Landon Evins

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1977ID E000273
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LegislationHEADLINE
74%with Dems
of 1,966 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
74%with Dems
of 1,966 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 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 ↓19471953195919651971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
65.8%with Democrats
of 377 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, −16 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
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3521), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 2212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 14232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 29, 1976H.R. 14970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 29, 1976H.Res. 1581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 29, 1976H.R. 13655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 377 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance63.6% · 129 votes
Congress82.6% · 69 votes
Energy65.6% · 61 votes
Government Operations and Politics71.7% · 46 votes
International Affairs9.1% · 33 votes
Armed Forces and National Security66.7% · 24 votes
Labor and Employment70% · 20 votes
Agriculture and Food73.7% · 19 votes
Transportation and Public Works55.6% · 18 votes
Taxation88.2% · 17 votes
Law56.3% · 16 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement40% · 10 votes
Education40% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Commerce— · 9 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
District of Columbia— · 9 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 9 votes
Environmental Protection— · 8 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Health— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Mortgages— · 5 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 5 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Commemorations— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Social Welfare— · 3 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Political participation— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Lobbying— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 46 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Conferences, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

15 Congresses
80th · 194794th · 1975
Democrat · House · TN80th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
JE

Joseph Landon Evins

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSED1947–197715 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
74.3%with Democrats
of 1,966 votes · 25.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested74%of 1,966 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1955→57, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019471975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 377 votes65.8%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 377 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance63.6% · 129
Congress82.6% · 69
Energy65.6% · 61
Government Operations and Politics71.7% · 46
International Affairs9.1% · 33
Armed Forces and National Security66.7% · 24
Labor and Employment70% · 20
Agriculture and Food73.7% · 19
Transportation and Public Works55.6% · 18
Taxation88.2% · 17
Law56.3% · 16
Crime and Law Enforcement40% · 10
Education40% · 10
Commerce— · 9
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
District of Columbia— · 9
Housing and Community Development— · 9
Environmental Protection— · 8
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Health— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Mortgages— · 5
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5
Vietnamese Conflict— · 5
Public works— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Commemorations— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Social Welfare— · 3
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Political participation— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Lobbying— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 46 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Conferences, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

80th · 194794th · 1975
Democrat80th–94th

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