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Richard Harmon Fulton

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1963–1977ID F000424
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 1,137 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 1,137 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1965 → 1967
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 ↓196319691975
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.4%with Democrats
of 110 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1965 → 1967, −8 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
Jul 29, 1975S. 66No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 25, 1975H.R. 5900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 22, 1975H.R. 7014No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7014), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jul 22, 1975H.Res. 605No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 22, 1975H.R. 6950No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 22, 1975S.J.Res. 23No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 18, 1975H.R. 7014No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 18, 1975H.R. 5901No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1975H.R. 4035No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 110 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance86.1% · 79 votes
Congress84.7% · 59 votes
Energy78.4% · 37 votes
Government Operations and Politics80% · 20 votes
Labor and Employment80% · 20 votes
International Affairs52.9% · 17 votes
Transportation and Public Works81.3% · 16 votes
Agriculture and Food92.9% · 14 votes
Armed Forces and National Security84.6% · 13 votes
District of Columbia92.3% · 13 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Taxation— · 9 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 8 votes
Education— · 8 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Law— · 7 votes
Commerce— · 6 votes
Health— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Commemorations— · 3 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 2 votes
Social Welfare— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Life insurance— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 29 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Families, Government corporations, Government life insurance, Impeachments, Interest, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Postal service, Prices, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers.

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

Service record

7 Congresses
88th · 196394th · 1975
Democrat · House · TN88th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Richard Harmon Fulton

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSED1963–19777 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.1%with Democrats
of 1,137 votes · 14.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 1,137 · combined
Steepest move−8 pts1965→67, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019631975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 110 votes86.4%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 110 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance86.1% · 79
Congress84.7% · 59
Energy78.4% · 37
Government Operations and Politics80% · 20
Labor and Employment80% · 20
International Affairs52.9% · 17
Transportation and Public Works81.3% · 16
Agriculture and Food92.9% · 14
Armed Forces and National Security84.6% · 13
District of Columbia92.3% · 13
Taxation— · 9
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 8
Education— · 8
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7
Depletion allowances— · 7
Law— · 7
Commerce— · 6
Health— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Environmental Protection— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Mines and mineral resources— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Commemorations— · 3
Finance and Financial Sector— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public works— · 3
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Science, Technology, Communications— · 2
Social Welfare— · 2
Youth— · 2
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Life insurance— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Noise— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 29 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Families, Government corporations, Government life insurance, Impeachments, Interest, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Postal service, Prices, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers.

Service record

88th · 196394th · 1975
Democrat88th–94th

Party switchers

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