James Russell Tuten

Representative from Georgia

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1963–1967ID T000436

LegislationHEADLINE

65%with Dems

of 280 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

65%with Dems

of 280 · both combined

Steepest move

−27 pts

1963 → 1965

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 ↓1963

1965–6689th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

54.1%with Democrats

of 170 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −27 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

Oct 21, 1966H.R. 18381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 21, 1966H.R. 14644No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13103), 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

Open roll call

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 15111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 19, 1966H.R. 1013No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 170 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

2 Congresses

88th · 196389th · 1965

Democrat · House · GA88th–89th

Term datesexact

James Russell Tuten

Representative from Georgia

HOUSED1963–19672 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

64.6%with Democrats

of 280 votes · 35.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested65%of 280 · combined

Steepest move−27 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019631965

1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 170 votes54.1%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 170 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

88th · 196389th · 1965

Democrat88th–89th

Party switchers

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