JM
John Ridley Mitchell
Representative from TennesseeHOUSEDEMOCRAT1931–1939ID M000823
LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 359 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 359 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓19311937
1937–3875th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
75%with Democrats
of 80 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −13 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
May 24, 1938S. 2475LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 24, 1938S. 2475LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 17, 1938H.R. 3115LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3115), 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
May 17, 1938H.R. 2149LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 17, 1938H.R. 736LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 17, 1938S. 1242LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 12, 1938H.J.Res. 679LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 12, 1938H.J.Res. 679LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 12, 1938H.J.Res. 679LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 80 contested votes scored in the 75th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
4 Congresses72nd · 193175th · 1937
Democrat · House · TN72nd–75th
Term datesexact