Edward Irving Edwards

Senator from New Jersey

SENATEDEMOCRAT1923–1929ID E000066

LegislationHEADLINE

64%with Dems

of 201 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

64%with Dems

of 201 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 pts

1923 → 1925

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 ↓1923

1927–2870th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

71.1%with Democrats

of 45 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1923 → 1925, +11 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

Mar 1, 1929H.R. 15430No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1929H.R. 15430No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1929H.R. 15089No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15089), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Democratic majority

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Feb 27, 1929noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1929H.R. 17223No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1929H.R. 17223No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1929H.R. 16878No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1929noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1929H.R. 8298No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 70th 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

68th · 192370th · 1927

Democrat · Senate · NJ68th–70th

Term datesexact

Edward Irving Edwards

Senator from New Jersey

SENATED1923–19293 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

64.2%with Democrats

of 201 votes · 35.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested64%of 201 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1923→25, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231927

1927–28 · 70th · Democrat · of 45 votes71.1%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192370th · 1927

Democrat68th–70th

Party switchers

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