Edward George Biester Jr.

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1967–1977ID B000451

LegislationHEADLINE

62%with Dems

of 1,365 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

62%with Dems

of 1,365 · both combined

Steepest move

+26 pts

1967 → 1969

still a Republican

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓19671973

1975–7694th Congress

Sat as a Republican

65%with Democrats

of 497 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +26 pts — within one party label.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10210), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 497 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance64.8% · 159 votes

Congress39.4% · 94 votes

Energy69.8% · 86 votes

Government Operations and Politics58.3% · 48 votes

International Affairs90.9% · 33 votes

Armed Forces and National Security81.5% · 27 votes

Labor and Employment80.8% · 26 votes

Transportation and Public Works69.2% · 26 votes

Agriculture and Food60% · 25 votes

Taxation36.4% · 22 votes

Law94.1% · 17 votes

Commerce62.5% · 16 votes

District of Columbia92.9% · 14 votes

Mines and mineral resources85.7% · 14 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement76.9% · 13 votes

Education83.3% · 12 votes

Health83.3% · 12 votes

Environmental Protection50% · 10 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources70% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 9 votes

Lobbying— · 9 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes

Depletion allowances— · 7 votes

Finance and Financial Sector— · 7 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes

Mortgages— · 6 votes

Social Welfare— · 5 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes

Private Legislation— · 4 votes

Coins and coinage— · 3 votes

Credit— · 3 votes

International economic relations— · 3 votes

Political participation— · 3 votes

Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes

Conferences— · 2 votes

Executive reorganization— · 2 votes

Life insurance— · 2 votes

Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes

Power resources— · 2 votes

Printing— · 2 votes

Public works— · 2 votes

Real property— · 2 votes

Revenue sharing— · 2 votes

Youth— · 2 votes

Chemicals— · 1 vote

Congressional oversight— · 1 vote

Disabled— · 1 vote

Emergency Management— · 1 vote

Gold— · 1 vote

Government corporations— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Industrial relations— · 1 vote

Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote

Lakes— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Motor vehicles— · 1 vote

Native Americans— · 1 vote

Noise— · 1 vote

Petroleum industry— · 1 vote

Postal service— · 1 vote

Reclamation of land— · 1 vote

Refugees— · 1 vote

Right of privacy— · 1 vote

Right to counsel— · 1 vote

Rivers— · 1 vote

Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 42 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Constitutional amendments, Corporations, Dairy industry, Day care, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Heating, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

5 Congresses

90th · 196794th · 1975

Republican · House · PA90th–94th

Term datesexact

Edward George Biester Jr.

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSER1967–19775 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

61.7%with Democrats

of 1,365 votes · 38.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested62%of 1,365 · combined

Steepest move+26 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019671975

1975–76 · 94th · Republican · of 497 votes65%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 497 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance64.8% · 159

Congress39.4% · 94

Energy69.8% · 86

Government Operations and Politics58.3% · 48

International Affairs90.9% · 33

Armed Forces and National Security81.5% · 27

Labor and Employment80.8% · 26

Transportation and Public Works69.2% · 26

Agriculture and Food60% · 25

Taxation36.4% · 22

Law94.1% · 17

Commerce62.5% · 16

District of Columbia92.9% · 14

Mines and mineral resources85.7% · 14

Crime and Law Enforcement76.9% · 13

Education83.3% · 12

Health83.3% · 12

Environmental Protection50% · 10

Public Lands and Natural Resources70% · 10

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9

Housing and Community Development— · 9

Lobbying— · 9

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8

Depletion allowances— · 7

Finance and Financial Sector— · 7

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6

Mortgages— · 6

Social Welfare— · 5

Commemorations— · 4

Congressional-executive relations— · 4

Private Legislation— · 4

Coins and coinage— · 3

Credit— · 3

International economic relations— · 3

Political participation— · 3

Postal rates and revenues— · 3

Conferences— · 2

Executive reorganization— · 2

Life insurance— · 2

Monuments and memorials— · 2

Power resources— · 2

Printing— · 2

Public works— · 2

Real property— · 2

Revenue sharing— · 2

Youth— · 2

Chemicals— · 1

Congressional oversight— · 1

Disabled— · 1

Emergency Management— · 1

Gold— · 1

Government corporations— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Industrial relations— · 1

Intergovernmental relations— · 1

Lakes— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Motor vehicles— · 1

Native Americans— · 1

Noise— · 1

Petroleum industry— · 1

Postal service— · 1

Reclamation of land— · 1

Refugees— · 1

Right of privacy— · 1

Right to counsel— · 1

Rivers— · 1

Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 42 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Constitutional amendments, Corporations, Dairy industry, Day care, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Heating, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

90th · 196794th · 1975

Republican90th–94th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th