Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress

Lincoln Davis

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · TennesseeHouse 2003–2011 (TN-4)

Lincoln Davis was a Democratic U.S. representative from Tennessee, first elected to Congress in 2003.

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24Bills & resolutions sponsored108th–111th Congress (excludes amendments)

2Passed a chamberof 24 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law108th–111th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

H.R. 2035 Pregnant Women Support Act
Jun 22, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
H.Res. 889 Congratulating the National Association of Farm Service Agency County Office Employees (NASCOE) on its 50th anniversary and its role in support of American…
Jun 18, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
H.R. 4927 To amend subtitle IV of title 40, United States Code, regarding county additions to the Appalachian region.
Mar 25, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
H.Res. 583 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Lester Flatt has made an invaluable contribution to American art as both a songwriter and a…
Jan 26, 2010 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.R. 2876 Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2009
Jun 15, 2009 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Davis has won

Rep. Davis has won 4 U.S. House elections (2002–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.6 to 32.9 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won4 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 5.6 points2002, TN-4

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 4 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Tennessee’s 4th districtWinners, most recent three: Van Hilleary (R) 1994–2000 → Lincoln Davis (D) 2002–2008 → Scott Desjarlais (R) 2010–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Tennessee’s 4th district done while Rep. Davis served?

2005 to 2010 in TN-4: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 3.8 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

TN-4: $54.7K in 2005 → $52.5K in 2010

TN-4 about the sameTennessee down 4%U.S. down 3%

Share of people below the poverty line

TN-4: 18.0% in 2005 → 19.2% in 2010

TN-4 about the sameTennessee up 2.1 pointsU.S. up 2.0 points

Share of workers looking for a job

TN-4: 7.8% in 2005 → 11.5% in 2010

TN-4 up 3.8 pointsTennessee up 4.1 pointsU.S. up 3.9 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Tennessee’s 4th district during Davis’s time representing it (2003 to 2011). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

One set of district lines. TN-4 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Davis’s term so far (2005 to 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	7	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	0	None listed
With a CBO cost estimate listed	0	None listed
With a committee report listed	0	None listed

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 111th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.