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James Willis Taylor

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1919–1941ID T000083
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LegislationHEADLINE
24%with Dems
of 856 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
24%with Dems
of 856 · both combined
Steepest move
−29 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓1919192519311937
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Republican
20.6%with Democrats
of 63 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, −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
Nov 3, 1939S.Con.Res. 31No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Nov 3, 1939H.J.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Nov 2, 1939H.J.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 306), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Nov 2, 1939H.J.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Nov 2, 1939H.J.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 31, 1939H.Res. 320No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 4, 1939S. 2240No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 3, 1939H.Res. 266No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 1, 1939H.R. 5129No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

11 Congresses
66th · 191976th · 1939
Republican · House · TN66th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
JT

James Willis Taylor

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSER1919–194111 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
24.3%with Democrats
of 856 votes · 75.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested24%of 856 · combined
Steepest move−29 pts1931→33, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019191939
1939–40 · 76th · Republican · of 63 votes20.6%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

66th · 191976th · 1939
Republican66th–76th

Party switchers

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