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John Jennings Jr.

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1951ID J000096
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 486 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 486 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓19391945
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Republican
15%with Democrats
of 113 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −7 pts — within one party label.
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
Dec 20, 1950H.R. 9798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 9490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 8920No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8920), 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
Sep 21, 1950H.R. 9526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 21, 1950H.R. 9526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1950H.R. 9526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 20, 1950H.R. 9490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 15, 1950H.R. 9646No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1950H.J.Res. 238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 113 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

6 Congresses
76th · 193981st · 1949
Republican · House · TN76th–81st
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
JJ

John Jennings Jr.

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSER1939–19516 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
14.2%with Democrats
of 486 votes · 85.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 486 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1941→43, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391949
1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 113 votes15%

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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 · 113 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193981st · 1949
Republican76th–81st

Party switchers

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