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Dayton Edward Phillips

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1947–1951ID P000306
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LegislationHEADLINE
39%with Dems
of 171 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
39%with Dems
of 171 · both combined
Steepest move
+29 pts
1947 → 1949
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 ↓1947
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Republican
50.5%with Democrats
of 105 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, +29 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
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3295), 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
Dec 13, 1950H.R. 9853No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 9490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 105 contested votes scored in the 81st 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
80th · 194781st · 1949
Republican · House · TN80th–81st
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Dayton Edward Phillips

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSER1947–19512 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
39.2%with Democrats
of 171 votes · 60.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested39%of 171 · combined
Steepest move+29 pts1947→49, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019471949
1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 105 votes50.5%

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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 · 105 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194781st · 1949
Republican80th–81st

Party switchers

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