LT
Lawrence Davis Tyson
Senator from TennesseeSENATEDEMOCRAT1925–1931ID T000456
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 176 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 176 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1927 → 1929
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 ↓1925
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.7%with Democrats
of 23 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, +8 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
Jun 18, 1929S.Res. 19LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1929S.Res. 19LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1929S.Res. 19LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.Res. 19), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jun 18, 1929S.Con.Res. 16LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 17, 1929S.Con.Res. 16LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 17, 1929S.Res. 91LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1929S.Res. 91LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1929H.R. 1LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 13, 1929S.Res. 37LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 23 contested votes scored in the 71st 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
3 Congresses69th · 192571st · 1929
Democrat · Senate · TN69th–71st
Term datesexact