JT
John Newton Tillman
Representative from ArkansasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1915–1929ID T000276
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 691 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 691 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1921 → 1923
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 ↓191519211927
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.9%with Democrats
of 22 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, −6 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 2, 1929S.J.Res. 132LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1929S. 2901LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1929H.R. 17223LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17223), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Feb 8, 1929H.R. 16714LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 11, 1929H.R. 11725LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 14, 1928S. 3555LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 3, 1928S. 3555LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 24, 1928S. 3740LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 24, 1928H.R. 3740LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 22 contested votes scored in the 70th 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
7 Congresses64th · 191570th · 1927
Democrat · House · AR64th–70th
Term datesexact