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Edward Prentiss Costigan

Senator from Colorado
SENATEDEMOCRAT1931–1937ID C000797
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LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 304 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 304 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓1931
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78.9%with Democrats
of 76 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, +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
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12800No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 30, 1936S. 1424No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1424), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 23, 1936H.R. 11035No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 19, 1936noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 18, 1936H.R. 11035No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 17, 1936H.R. 11035No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 5, 1936S. 2288No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 5, 1936S. 2288No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 76 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

3 Congresses
72nd · 193174th · 1935
Democrat · Senate · CO72nd–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Colorado
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Edward Prentiss Costigan

Senator from Colorado
SENATED1931–19373 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
77.3%with Democrats
of 304 votes · 22.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested77%of 304 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1931→33, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311935
1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 76 votes78.9%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 76 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193174th · 1935
Democrat72nd–74th

Party switchers

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