Edwin Chick Burleigh

Senator from Maine

SENATEREPUBLICAN1897–1917ID B001105

LegislationHEADLINE

3%with Dems

of 655 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

3%with Dems

of 655 · both combined

Steepest move

+7 pts

1909 → 1913

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 ↓1897190319091915

1915–1664th Congress

Sat as a Republican

12.5%with Democrats

of 16 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1909 → 1913, +7 pts — within one party label.

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

Apr 22, 1916H.R. 11471No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Apr 20, 1916H.R. 7617No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Apr 18, 1916H.R. 12766No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12766), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Apr 18, 1916H.R. 12766No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Apr 18, 1916H.R. 12766No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Apr 18, 1916H.R. 12766No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Apr 17, 1916H.R. 12766No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Apr 17, 1916noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Apr 15, 1916H.R. 12766No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 16 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

9 Congresses

55th · 189763rd · 191364th · 1915

Republican · House · ME55th–61st

Republican · Senate · ME63rd–64th

Term datesexact

Edwin Chick Burleigh

Senator from Maine

SENATER1897–19179 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

3.2%with Democrats

of 655 votes · 96.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested3%of 655 · combined

Steepest move+7 pts1909→13, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018971915

1915–16 · 64th · Republican · of 16 votes12.5%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 16 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189764th · 1915

Republican55th–61st

Republican63rd–64th

Party switchers

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