James Percy Priest

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSEINDEPENDENT→DEMOCRAT1941–1957ID P000536

LegislationHEADLINE

91%with Dems

of 665 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

91%with Dems

of 665 · both combined

Steepest move

−11 pts

1943 → 1945

still a Democrat

Changed parties

78th

I → D · first Congress under it

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 ↓194119471953I→D · 78th

1955–5684th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

88.7%with Democrats

of 53 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, −11 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

Jul 23, 1956H.R. 627No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 23, 1956H.R. 627No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 19, 1956noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jul 11, 1956H.R. 12130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 9, 1956H.R. 11967No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 9, 1956H.R. 9893No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 6, 1956H.R. 11380No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 5, 1956H.R. 7535No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 5, 1956H.R. 7535No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 84th 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

8 Congresses

77th · 194178th · 194384th · 1955

Independent · House · TN77th–77th

Democrat · House · TN78th–84th

Term datesexact

James Percy Priest

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSEI→D1941–19578 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

90.8%with Democrats

of 665 votes · 9.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested91%of 665 · combined

Steepest move−11 pts1943→45, as a Democrat

Changed parties78thI→D

Career arc

100500I→D19411955

1955–56 · 84th · Democrat · of 53 votes88.7%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 84th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

77th · 194184th · 1955

Independent77th–77th

Democrat78th–84th

Other party switchers

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