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David Alexander Nunn

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1867–1875ID N000170
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LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 385 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 385 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1867 → 1873
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 ↓18671873
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
21.2%with Democrats
of 165 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1873, −3 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
Mar 3, 1875H.R. 3341No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1875H.R. 4745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 165 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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

2 Congresses
40th · 186743rd · 1873
Republican · House · TN40th–43rd
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
DN

David Alexander Nunn

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSER1867–18752 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
22.9%with Democrats
of 385 votes · 77.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested23%of 385 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1867→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018671873
1873–74 · 43rd · Republican · of 165 votes21.2%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 165 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186743rd · 1873
Republican40th–43rd

Party switchers

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