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Joseph Carlton Loser

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1957–1963ID L000446
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LegislationHEADLINE
76%with Dems
of 275 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
76%with Dems
of 275 · both combined
Steepest move
+20 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓1957
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.2%with Democrats
of 102 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +20 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
Oct 11, 1962S. 3451No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1962S. 1123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1123), 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
Oct 4, 1962H.Res. 803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1962H.R. 12648No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1962S. 1552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1962H.R. 11970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 3, 1962H.R. 13273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 3, 1962H.Res. 823No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

3 Congresses
85th · 195787th · 1961
Democrat · House · TN85th–87th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
JL

Joseph Carlton Loser

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSED1957–19633 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
75.6%with Democrats
of 275 votes · 24.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested76%of 275 · combined
Steepest move+20 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019571961
1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 102 votes89.2%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

85th · 195787th · 1961
Democrat85th–87th

Party switchers

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