Rep. Lincoln Davis
Former Representative for Tennessee’s 4th District
Davis was the representative for Tennessee’s 4th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2003 to 2010.
![Photo of Rep. Lincoln Davis [D-TN4, 2003-2010]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/400096-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Davis is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2010 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 Davis sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2005 to Dec 21, 2010. See full analysis methodology.
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Davis sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (17%) Housing and Community Development (17%) Social Welfare (15%) Economics and Public Finance (12%) Agriculture and Food (12%) Taxation (10%) Health (10%) Families (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Davis recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 4927 (111th): To amend subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, regarding county …
- H.Res. 889 (111th): Congratulating the National Association of Farm Service Agency County Office Employees (NASCOE) …
- H.Res. 583 (111th): Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Lester Flatt has …
- H.R. 2876 (111th): Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2009
- H.R. 2035 (111th): Pregnant Women Support Act
- H.R. 1119 (111th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the application …
- H.R. 605 (111th): Pregnant Women Support Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2003 to Dec 2010, Davis missed 243 of 5,966 roll call votes, which is 4.1%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. 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.
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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
