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Edward Walter Curley

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1941ID C000995
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LegislationHEADLINE
96%with Dems
of 137 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
96%with Dems
of 137 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓1935
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 17 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +5 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
Aug 4, 1939S. 2240No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 3, 1939H.Res. 266No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 29, 1939H.R. 5138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5138), 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
Jul 26, 1939S. 2009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 20, 1939H.Res. 258No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 20, 1939H.Res. 258No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 14, 1939S. 1796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 16, 1939H.J.Res. 326No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 13, 1939S. 1796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 17 contested votes scored in the 76th 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
74th · 193576th · 1939
Democrat · House · NY74th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Edward Walter Curley

Representative from New York
HOUSED1935–19413 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
95.6%with Democrats
of 137 votes · 4.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested96%of 137 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1937→39, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351939
1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 17 votes100%

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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 · 17 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193576th · 1939
Democrat74th–76th

Party switchers

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