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Samuel Davis McReynolds

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1923–1941ID M000598
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 627 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 627 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓192319291935
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 10 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, +11 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
Jun 30, 1939H.J.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1939H.J.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 13, 1939S. 1796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1796), 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
Apr 27, 1939H.R. 4492No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 9, 1939H.R. 2866No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1939H.R. 4425No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1939H.R. 4425No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1939H.R. 4425No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1939H.R. 3743No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 10 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

9 Congresses
68th · 192376th · 1939
Democrat · House · TN68th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Samuel Davis McReynolds

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSED1923–19419 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
91.2%with Democrats
of 627 votes · 8.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 627 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts1931→33, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231939
1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 10 votes100%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 10 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192376th · 1939
Democrat68th–76th

Party switchers

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