James Patton Sutton

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1955ID S001087

LegislationHEADLINE

73%with Dems

of 241 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

73%with Dems

of 241 · both combined

Steepest move

+12 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓1949

1953–5483rd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

83.7%with Democrats

of 43 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +12 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

Aug 20, 1954H.R. 2236No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 19, 1954S. 3706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 19, 1954H.R. 10051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10051), 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

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Aug 19, 1954H.R. 10051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 17, 1954S. 3706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 16, 1954S. 3706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 26, 1954H.R. 9757No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jun 29, 1954S.Con.Res. 91No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 31, 1954H.R. 8583No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 43 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

3 Congresses

81st · 194983rd · 1953

Democrat · House · TN81st–83rd

Term datesexact

James Patton Sutton

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSED1949–19553 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

73%with Democrats

of 241 votes · 27% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested73%of 241 · combined

Steepest move+12 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491953

1953–54 · 83rd · Democrat · of 43 votes83.7%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 43 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194983rd · 1953

Democrat81st–83rd

Party switchers

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