Rep. James Quillen

Former Representative for Tennessee’s 1^st District

Quillen was the representative for Tennessee’s 1^st congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1963 to 1996.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. James Quillen [R-TN1, 1963-1996]

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Quillen is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1996 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Quillen sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1991 to Oct 3, 1996. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Quillen was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 8 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Quillen sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Foreign Trade and International Finance (22%) Health (18%) Government Operations and Politics (15%) Social Welfare (12%) Transportation and Public Works (10%) Taxation (8%) Education (8%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Quillen recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1963 to Sep 1996, Quillen missed 1,644 of 15,207 roll call votes, which is 10.8%. This is much worse than the median of 2.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 1996. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Jan-Mar	9	1	11.1%	86^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	2	7.1%	86^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	6	12.0%	86^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	3	6.1%	57^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	1	25.0%	86^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	3	10.7%	54^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	5	9.4%	46^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	12	12.2%	77^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	4	18.2%	69^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	4	13.3%	62^nd
1966 Apr-Jun	51	7	13.7%	54^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	6	8.3%	46^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	3	7.5%	38^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	1	1.7%	44^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	4	4.1%	78^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	3	7.9%	89^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	5	6.3%	83^rd
1968 Jul-Sep	91	6	6.6%	78^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	2	8.0%	50^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.2%	37^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	13	28.9%	95^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	7	8.0%	43^rd
1970 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	7	9.5%	29^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	17	22.4%	76^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	12	14.8%	48^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	15	16.7%	72^nd
1971 Jul-Sep	74	10	13.5%	76^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	13	9.7%	32^nd
1972 Jan-Mar	64	6	9.4%	44^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	10	8.8%	36^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	17	16.8%	68^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	7	14.0%	54^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	27	14.1%	83^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	131	19	14.5%	88^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	25	13.7%	74^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	7	8.9%	52^nd
1974 Apr-Jun	170	55	32.4%	98^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	19	12.8%	76^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	13	9.2%	57^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	4	5.9%	56^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	27	13.6%	80^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	18	11.7%	76^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	27	14.1%	86^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	11	10.4%	64^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	43	16.1%	75^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	21	7.5%	58^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	6	85.7%	93^rd
1977 Jan-Mar	100	10	10.0%	68^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	40	14.7%	79^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	42	21.2%	93^rd
1977 Oct-Dec	135	21	15.6%	84^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	15	10.0%	62^nd
1978 Apr-Jun	300	27	9.0%	50^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	38	12.3%	62^nd
1978 Oct-Oct	76	4	5.3%	46^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	33^rd
1979 Apr-Jun	221	15	6.8%	52^nd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	28	14.1%	83^rd
1979 Oct-Dec	190	16	8.4%	43^rd
1980 Jan-Mar	148	11	7.4%	43^rd
1980 Apr-Jun	197	23	11.7%	63^rd
1980 Jul-Sep	192	25	13.0%	73^rd
1980 Oct-Dec	67	4	6.0%	34^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	6	40.0%	96^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	29	32.2%	97^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	16	15.1%	88^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	35	24.6%	95^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	2	4.2%	40^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	11	9.2%	79^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	7	3.6%	32^nd
1982 Oct-Dec	99	7	7.1%	49^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	46^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	27	14.8%	83^rd
1983 Jul-Sep	130	10	7.7%	75^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	3	2.1%	20^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	6	11.3%	75^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	23	10.3%	72^nd
1984 Jul-Sep	96	12	12.5%	84^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	4	11.1%	68^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	7	19.4%	91^st
1985 Apr-Jun	154	18	11.7%	89^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	3	3.0%	40^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	18	12.2%	94^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	13	21.3%	89^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	12	9.4%	87^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	15	7.4%	74^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	5	8.3%	71^st
1987 Jan-Mar	39	6	15.4%	85^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	12	6.4%	67^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	11	11.6%	85^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	22	13.2%	85^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	5	10.2%	75^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	15	9.3%	79^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	16	10.5%	79^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	16	18.0%	94^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	54^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	9	8.6%	84^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	4	3.1%	55^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	19	15.7%	96^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	4	6.7%	79^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	3	2.0%	40^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	8	4.4%	67^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	27	18.9%	98^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	3	4.8%	66^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	14	10.1%	90^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	6	7.4%	73^rd
1991 Oct-Nov	162	16	9.9%	91^st
1992 Jan-Mar	66	7	10.6%	85^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	30	16.2%	95^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	2	1.0%	24^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	7	17.1%	91^st
1993 Jan-Mar	127	63	49.6%	99^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	27	14.2%	95^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	6	3.7%	72^nd
1993 Oct-Nov	134	4	3.0%	67^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	9	9.5%	85^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	6	2.7%	59^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	16	11.3%	90^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	2	3.9%	68^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	7	2.5%	70^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	2	1.1%	30^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	13	5.6%	82^nd
1995 Oct-Dec	185	23	12.4%	93^rd
1996 Jan-Mar	110	16	14.5%	92^nd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	10	5.5%	77^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	30	18.4%	97^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills