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Tennyson Guyer

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1973–1983ID G000537
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 1,936 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 1,936 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1979 → 1981
still a Republican

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 ↓19731979
1981–8297th Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 5 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1979 → 1981, −11 pts — within one party label.
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
Apr 8, 1981S.Con.Res. 17No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 7, 1981H.Con.Res. 55No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 7, 1981S. 840No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 840), 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
Mar 25, 1981H.Res. 115No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 10, 1981H.R. 2166No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 4, 1981H.Res. 67No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1981H.Res. 13No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1981H.R. 31No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 5, 1981H.R. 1553No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 5 contested votes scored in the 97th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance14.2% · 409 votes
Congress13.9% · 244 votes
International Affairs23.6% · 157 votes
Government Operations and Politics21.3% · 136 votes
Energy12.6% · 135 votes
Labor and Employment17.9% · 56 votes
Transportation and Public Works21.4% · 56 votes
Armed Forces and National Security19.6% · 46 votes
Agriculture and Food41.9% · 43 votes
Taxation9.5% · 42 votes
Education20% · 40 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance13.5% · 37 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources15.2% · 33 votes
Environmental Protection3.7% · 27 votes
Commerce7.7% · 26 votes
Health19.2% · 26 votes
Law15.4% · 26 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement9.5% · 21 votes
Housing and Community Development19% · 21 votes
Finance and Financial Sector11.1% · 18 votes
Social Welfare12.5% · 16 votes
District of Columbia66.7% · 15 votes
Industrial relations0% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources30.8% · 13 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 7 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Private Legislation— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Native Americans— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Families— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Immigration— · 2 votes
Indian claims— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal rates and revenues— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 74 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Day care, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Embargo, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Impeachments, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Power resources, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

5 Congresses
93rd · 197397th · 1981
Republican · House · OH93rd–97th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Tennyson Guyer

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1973–19835 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
18.2%with Democrats
of 1,936 votes · 81.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested18%of 1,936 · combined
Steepest move−11 pts1979→81, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019731981
1981–82 · 97th · Republican · of 5 votes0%

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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 · 5 contested votes scored in the 97th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance14.2% · 409
Congress13.9% · 244
International Affairs23.6% · 157
Government Operations and Politics21.3% · 136
Energy12.6% · 135
Labor and Employment17.9% · 56
Transportation and Public Works21.4% · 56
Armed Forces and National Security19.6% · 46
Agriculture and Food41.9% · 43
Taxation9.5% · 42
Education20% · 40
Foreign Trade and International Finance13.5% · 37
Public Lands and Natural Resources15.2% · 33
Environmental Protection3.7% · 27
Commerce7.7% · 26
Health19.2% · 26
Law15.4% · 26
Crime and Law Enforcement9.5% · 21
Housing and Community Development19% · 21
Finance and Financial Sector11.1% · 18
Social Welfare12.5% · 16
District of Columbia66.7% · 15
Industrial relations0% · 14
Mines and mineral resources30.8% · 13
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Science, Technology, Communications— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 7
Depletion allowances— · 7
Private Legislation— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Public works— · 6
Electronic surveillance— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Home repair and improvement— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Native Americans— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Families— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Immigration— · 2
Indian claims— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal rates and revenues— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 74 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Day care, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Embargo, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Impeachments, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Power resources, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

93rd · 197397th · 1981
Republican93rd–97th

Party switchers

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