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Lemuel Phillips Padgett

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1901–1923ID P000012
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 1,201 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 1,201 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1917 → 1919
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 ↓1901190719131919
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.6%with Democrats
of 123 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, −14 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 24, 1922H.R. 10871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 26, 1922H.R. 11450No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 26, 1922H.R. 11450No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11450), 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
May 25, 1922S.J.Res. 12No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 25, 1922H.R. 8086No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 23, 1922H.R. 9527No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 22, 1922S. 2919No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 22, 1922S. 7919No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 22, 1922S. 2919No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 123 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

11 Congresses
57th · 190167th · 1921
Democrat · House · TN57th–67th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Lemuel Phillips Padgett

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSED1901–192311 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
86.4%with Democrats
of 1,201 votes · 13.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 1,201 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1917→19, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019011921
1921–22 · 67th · Democrat · of 123 votes84.6%

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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 · 123 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

57th · 190167th · 1921
Democrat57th–67th

Party switchers

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