Members of Congress / James Quillen

Biographical Information

QUILLEN, James Henry, a Representative from Tennessee; born near Kingsport, Tenn., in Scott County, Va., January 11, 1916; graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School, Kingsport, Tenn., 1934; United States Navy, 1942-1946; newspaper publisher, 1936-1944; business executive; member of the Tennessee state house of representatives, 1955-1962; delegate to the Republican National Conventions, 1956, 1964, and 1968; bank executive; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1997); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress in 1996; died on November 2, 2003, in Kingsport, Tenn.; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Kingsport, Tenn. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 104th Congress: Representative, Tennessee (Dist. 1), Republican. Jan. 3, 1995, to Jan. 3, 1997.
· 103rd Congress: Representative, Tennessee (Dist. 1), Republican. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, Tennessee (Dist. 1), Republican. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

Last Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
9/28/96	Vote 455: H R 3610: Department of Defense Appropriations for F.Y. 1997	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/28/96	Vote 454: H RES 546: Consideration of Sine Die Resolutions	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/28/96	Vote 453: H R 4236: Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/28/96	Vote 452: H R 3163: State Authority Tax Compensation Act	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/28/96	Vote 451: H R 1332: Omnibus Insular Areas Act of 1996	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/27/96	Vote 450: S 1505: Accountable Pipline Safety and Partnership Act of 1996	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/27/96	Vote 449: H R 4000: Reestablish Pow/Mia Procedures	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/27/96	Vote 448: S 39: Sustainable Fisheries Act	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
9/27/96	Vote 447: H R 4073: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/27/96	Vote 446: H R 3539: Federal Aviation Authorization Act of 1996	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/27/96	Vote 445: H RES 540: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report on H.R. 3539	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/26/96	Vote 444: H R 3841: Civil Service Reform Act	Not Voting	Yes	No
9/26/96	Vote 443: H R 4011: Congressional Pension Forfeiture Act	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 442: H R 3752: American Land Sovereignty Protection Act	Yes	Yes	No
9/26/96	Vote 441: H CON RES 189: U.S. Membership in South Pacific Organizations	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 440: H CON RES 145: Remove Russian Forces From Moldova	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 439: H R 3497: Snoqualmie National Forest Boundary Adjustment	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 438: H RES 535: Government Accountability Act	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 437: H R 2092: Private Security Officer Quality Assurance Act	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/26/96	Vote 436: H R 3456: Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act	Yes	Yes	Yes

Full list of votes by James Quillen