Rep. James Quillen

Former Representative from Tennessee's 1^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1963-1996	Representative	Tennessee's 1^st District

Sponsorship Analysis

Quillen was a centrist Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Quillen’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Quillen to other members of the House of Representatives in the 104^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1963 to Sep 1996, Quillen missed 1,444 of 14,978 roll call votes, which is 9.6%. This is 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.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Jan-Mar	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	2	7.1%	86^th
1963 Oct-Dec	44	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	46	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	5	9.4%	62^nd
1965 Jul-Sep	97	11	11.3%	85^th
1965 Oct-Oct	21	3	14.3%	69^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	4	13.3%	62^nd
1966 Apr-Jun	51	7	13.7%	62^nd
1966 Jul-Sep	71	5	7.0%	46^th
1966 Oct-Oct	38	2	5.3%	38^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	58	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	94	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	77	3	3.9%	78^th
1968 Jul-Sep	88	3	3.4%	78^th
1968 Oct-Oct	24	1	4.2%	50^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.3%	37^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	44	12	27.3%	95^th
1969 Oct-Dec	86	5	5.8%	43^rd
1970 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	7	9.5%	29^th
1970 Jul-Sep	73	14	19.2%	76^th
1970 Oct-Dec	80	11	13.8%	48^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	89	14	15.7%	72^nd
1971 Jul-Sep	72	10	13.9%	76^th
1971 Oct-Dec	132	12	9.1%	32^nd
1972 Jan-Mar	62	4	6.5%	36^th
1972 Apr-Jun	112	9	8.0%	36^th
1972 Jul-Sep	100	16	16.0%	72^nd
1972 Oct-Oct	48	5	10.4%	54^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Apr-Jun	186	24	12.9%	83^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	128	17	13.3%	90^th
1973 Oct-Dec	179	24	13.4%	76^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	7	9.1%	52^nd
1974 Apr-Jun	166	52	31.3%	98^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	19	12.8%	79^th
1974 Oct-Dec	139	11	7.9%	55^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	4	5.9%	59^th
1975 Apr-Jun	193	21	10.9%	75^th
1975 Jul-Sep	145	17	11.7%	81^st
1975 Oct-Dec	190	26	13.7%	90^th
1976 Jan-Mar	105	10	9.5%	64^th
1976 Apr-Jun	262	38	14.5%	75^th
1976 Jul-Sep	275	15	5.5%	53^rd
1976 Oct-Oct	7	6	85.7%	93^rd
1977 Jan-Mar	98	8	8.2%	68^th
1977 Apr-Jun	262	29	11.1%	75^th
1977 Jul-Sep	186	30	16.1%	91^st
1977 Oct-Dec	130	17	13.1%	84^th
1978 Jan-Mar	147	13	8.8%	59^th
1978 Apr-Jun	294	21	7.1%	47^th
1978 Jul-Sep	307	37	12.1%	65^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	4	5.3%	46^th
1979 Jan-Mar	62	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Apr-Jun	217	12	5.5%	47^th
1979 Jul-Sep	194	24	12.4%	82^nd
1979 Oct-Dec	187	13	7.0%	38^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	11	7.4%	46^th
1980 Apr-Jun	191	18	9.4%	57^th
1980 Jul-Sep	190	23	12.1%	73^rd
1980 Oct-Dec	67	4	6.0%	35^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	6	40.0%	96^th
1981 Apr-Jun	87	27	31.0%	97^th
1981 Jul-Sep	101	11	10.9%	83^rd
1981 Oct-Dec	137	30	21.9%	96^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	2	4.2%	40^th
1982 Apr-Jun	118	10	8.5%	80^th
1982 Jul-Sep	192	6	3.1%	34^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	7	7.1%	49^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	47^th
1983 Apr-Jun	179	24	13.4%	84^th
1983 Jul-Sep	128	8	6.3%	73^rd
1983 Oct-Nov	143	3	2.1%	22^nd
1984 Jan-Mar	52	5	9.6%	75^th
1984 Apr-Jun	219	19	8.7%	68^th
1984 Jul-Sep	93	10	10.8%	84^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	4	11.1%	68^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	7	19.4%	92^nd
1985 Apr-Jun	153	17	11.1%	90^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	3	3.0%	41^st
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%	88^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	15	7.5%	75^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	5	8.3%	73^rd
1987 Jan-Mar	39	6	15.4%	85^th
1987 Apr-Jun	181	6	3.3%	50^th
1987 Jul-Sep	93	9	9.7%	83^rd
1987 Oct-Dec	162	17	10.5%	80^th
1988 Feb-Mar	47	3	6.4%	69^th
1988 Apr-Jun	154	8	5.2%	63^rd
1988 Jul-Sep	149	13	8.7%	80^th
1988 Oct-Oct	86	13	15.1%	91^st
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	54^th
1989 Apr-Jun	103	7	6.8%	81^st
1989 Jul-Sep	125	1	0.8%	35^th
1989 Oct-Nov	115	13	11.3%	92^nd
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:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. James Quillen [R-TN1, 1963-1996] leaves office as Representative for Tennessee's 1st congressional district

Oct 04, 1996

Elections and Offices

Rep. James Quillen [R-TN1, 1963-1996] takes office as Representative for Tennessee's 1st congressional district

Jan 09, 1963