Finis James Garrett

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1905–1929ID G000082

LegislationHEADLINE

90%with Dems

of 1,312 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

90%with Dems

of 1,312 · both combined

Steepest move

−17 pts

1921 → 1923

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 ↓1905191119171923

1927–2870th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

87.5%with Democrats

of 32 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, −17 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

Mar 3, 1929H.J.Res. 402No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1929S.J.Res. 132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 19, 1929H.R. 15089No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15089), 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

Open roll call

Feb 18, 1929S. 1462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 15, 1929H.R. 16926No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 4, 1929S. 1347No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 31, 1929H.R. 303No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jan 24, 1929H.R. 16352No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 18, 1929H.R. 16301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 32 contested votes scored in the 70th 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

12 Congresses

59th · 190570th · 1927

Democrat · House · TN59th–70th

Term datesexact

Finis James Garrett

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSED1905–192912 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

90.2%with Democrats

of 1,312 votes · 9.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested90%of 1,312 · combined

Steepest move−17 pts1921→23, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019051927

1927–28 · 70th · Democrat · of 32 votes87.5%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 32 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

59th · 190570th · 1927

Democrat59th–70th

Party switchers

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