Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress
David Davis
David Davis was a Republican U.S. representative from Tennessee, first elected to Congress in 2007.
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. 7139 To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to the qualification of the director of food services of a Medicare skilled nursing…Sep 26, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.Res. 1128 Expressing support of the goals and ideals of National Carriage Driving Month.Jul 22, 2008 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 1247 Supporting the goals and ideals of "American Eagle Day", and celebrating the recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle, the national symbol of the…Jun 18, 2008 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 4496 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that the Impact Aid program of the Department of Education guarantees that each eligible…Feb 5, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- H.R. 4495 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that the Impact Aid program of the Department of Education guarantees full funding under…Feb 5, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 341 (110th) Supporting the goals and ideals of "American Eagle Day", and celebrating the recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle, the national symbol of the…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2086 (110th) To enhance the integrity of the United States against the threat of terrorism.18 cosponsors
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 1 U.S. House election (2006–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 24.1 to 24.1 points.
Full election history for this seat →
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 1st district done while Rep. Davis served?
2007 to 2008 in TN-1: 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 1.2 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 1st district during Davis’s time representing it (2007 to 2009). 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-1 was redrawn in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Davis’s term so far (2007 and 2008) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 19 | 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 110th 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.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.