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Edward Everett Denison

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1915–1931ID D000237
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 667 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 667 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓191519211927
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.5%with Democrats
of 57 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, +13 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
Mar 3, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1931S. 6046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 6046), 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
Mar 2, 1931H.J.Res. 500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1931S.J.Res. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 57 contested votes scored in the 71st 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
64th · 191571st · 1929
Republican · House · IL64th–71st
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Edward Everett Denison

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1915–19318 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
12.6%with Democrats
of 667 votes · 87.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 667 · combined
Steepest move+13 pts1915→17, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019151929
1929–30 · 71st · Republican · of 57 votes10.5%

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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 · 57 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191571st · 1929
Republican64th–71st

Party switchers

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