Former member of Congress

Lamar Alexander

Sen. for TN, Republican, in the 116th Congress (2019–2020).

No longer in Congress. This page shows their record in the past Congresses on this site, with the seat and party they held then.

Time in office

Every stretch of service in Congress, from the congress-legislators records. Vote counts on this site begin in 2013, so service before then has dates but no scores.

OfficeSeatPartyFromToCongresses
U.S. Senate, TennesseeTNRepublicanJan. 7, 2003Jan. 3, 2021108th–116th

Voting record by President

All the votes on this site from their time in office, added up under the President in office on the day of each vote. One President's figures are never combined with another's, and Trump's two terms are separate. A new President can take office partway through a Congress, so these can differ slightly from a Congress's own figures.

PresidentCongressesVotes with the PresidentParty loyaltyMissed votes
Donald J. Trump (2017–2021)116th, 115th98% (435 of 443)95% (642 of 676)12% (159 of 1,291)
Barack Obama (2009–2017)115th, 114th, 113th64% (191 of 300)82% (614 of 747)5% (59 of 1,187)

Every Congress

Each row is that Congress alone, and the President score is for the President of that time. Missed votes are left out of both scores.

CongressSeatPartyParty loyaltyVotes with the PresidentMissed votes
116th Congress (2019–2020)Senate TNRepublican95%Trump: 97%18%
115th Congress (2017–2018)Senate TNRepublican95%Obama: –; Trump: 99%5%
114th Congress (2015–2016)Senate TNRepublican80%Obama: 67%3%
113th Congress (2013–2014)Senate TNRepublican83%Obama: 63%7%

Where they broke ranks, 116th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (19), or against the position President Trump took publicly before the vote (6).

Where they broke ranks, 115th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (16), or against the position President Obama / Trump took publicly before the vote (2).

Where they broke ranks, 114th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (60), or against the position President Obama took publicly before the vote (27).

Where they broke ranks, 113th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (72), or against the position President Obama took publicly before the vote (82).