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William Posey Edwards
Representative from GeorgiaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1867–1869ID E000085
LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 62 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 62 · both combined
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 ↓1867
1867–6840th Congress
Sat as a Republican
22.6%with Democrats
of 62 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1869noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1869H.R. 2014LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1869H.R. 1744LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1744), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 24, 1869H.R. 1744LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1869S.J.Res. 8LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1869H.R. 2002LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1869H.R. 2002LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1869H.R. 2002LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1869noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 62 contested votes scored in the 40th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
1 Congresses40th · 1867
Republican · House · GA40th–40th
Term datesexact