George Farmer Burgess

Representative from Texas

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1901–1917ID B001083

LegislationHEADLINE

93%with Dems

of 648 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

93%with Dems

of 648 · both combined

Steepest move

−7 pts

1911 → 1913

still a Democrat

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 ↓190119071913

1915–1664th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

88.6%with Democrats

of 70 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, −7 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Mar 2, 1917S. 706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 21052), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 1, 1917H.R. 19119No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917H.Res. 540No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 64th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

8 Congresses

57th · 190164th · 1915

Democrat · House · TX57th–64th

Term datesexact

George Farmer Burgess

Representative from Texas

HOUSED1901–19178 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

93.4%with Democrats

of 648 votes · 6.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested93%of 648 · combined

Steepest move−7 pts1911→13, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019011915

1915–16 · 64th · Democrat · of 70 votes88.6%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

57th · 190164th · 1915

Democrat57th–64th

Party switchers

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