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Thetus Willrette Sims
Representative from TennesseeHOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1921ID S000441
LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 1,337 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 1,337 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓1897190319091915
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.3%with Democrats
of 102 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, −4 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
Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15275LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15422LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15943LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15943), 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
Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15943LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15943LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1921noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1921noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1921noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1921noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 66th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
12 Congresses55th · 189766th · 1919
Democrat · House · TN55th–66th
Term datesexact