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Clarence Wyly Turner

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1921–1941ID T000417
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 389 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 389 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓1921192719331939
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.1%with Democrats
of 17 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +17 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 22, 1939H.R. 5219No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 20, 1939H.R. 4852No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 20, 1939H.R. 4852No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4852), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 13, 1939H.Res. 113No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 9, 1939H.R. 3743No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 8, 1939H.R. 4425No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1939H.R. 4425No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1939H.R. 4425No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1939H.R. 2868No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 17 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

5 Congresses
67th · 192176th · 1939
Democrat · House · TN67th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
CT

Clarence Wyly Turner

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSED1921–19415 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
87.1%with Democrats
of 389 votes · 12.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 389 · combined
Steepest move+17 pts1937→39, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019211939
1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 17 votes94.1%

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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 · 17 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192176th · 1939
Democrat67th–76th

Party switchers

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