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George Franklin Edmunds

Senator from Vermont
SENATEREPUBLICAN1865–1891ID E000056
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LegislationHEADLINE
20%with Dems
of 3,233 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
20%with Dems
of 3,233 · both combined
Steepest move
−19 pts
1875 → 1877
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 ↓18651871187718831889
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Republican
14.1%with Democrats
of 313 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, −19 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, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10881), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 313 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

13 Congresses
39th · 186551st · 1889
Republican · Senate · VT39th–51st
Term datesexact
Members · Vermont
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George Franklin Edmunds

Senator from Vermont
SENATER1865–189113 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
20.3%with Democrats
of 3,233 votes · 79.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested20%of 3,233 · combined
Steepest move−19 pts1875→77, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018651889
1889–90 · 51st · Republican · of 313 votes14.1%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 313 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186551st · 1889
Republican39th–51st

Party switchers

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