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Herron Carney Pearson

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1943ID P000165
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LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 437 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 437 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓19351941
1941–4277th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
69.8%with Democrats
of 53 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, −6 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 17, 1942H.R. 7528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1942H.R. 1024No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1942H.Res. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 110), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Oct 12, 1942H.Res. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 20, 1942H.R. 7378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 77th 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

4 Congresses
74th · 193577th · 1941
Democrat · House · TN74th–77th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Herron Carney Pearson

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSED1935–19434 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
77.6%with Democrats
of 437 votes · 22.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested78%of 437 · combined
Steepest move−6 pts1937→39, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351941
1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 53 votes69.8%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193577th · 1941
Democrat74th–77th

Party switchers

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