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Edwin Duing Eshleman

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1967–1977ID E000214
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LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 1,192 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 1,192 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1973 → 1975
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 ↓19671973
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Republican
14.6%with Democrats
of 390 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1973 → 1975, −9 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 2212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2212), 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
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 14232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 29, 1976H.R. 14970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 29, 1976H.Res. 1552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 29, 1976H.Res. 1581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 390 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance17.8% · 135 votes
Congress14.7% · 75 votes
Energy20.8% · 72 votes
Government Operations and Politics7.3% · 55 votes
International Affairs16.7% · 30 votes
Labor and Employment20% · 25 votes
Armed Forces and National Security33.3% · 24 votes
Agriculture and Food13.6% · 22 votes
Taxation19% · 21 votes
Transportation and Public Works15.8% · 19 votes
District of Columbia40% · 15 votes
Law26.7% · 15 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement23.1% · 13 votes
Commerce25% · 12 votes
Health10% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Mines and mineral resources— · 9 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8 votes
Education— · 8 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 8 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Environmental Protection— · 7 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 4 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Social Welfare— · 4 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Private Legislation— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Lobbying— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Mortgages— · 2 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 45 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Heating, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

5 Congresses
90th · 196794th · 1975
Republican · House · PA90th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Edwin Duing Eshleman

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER1967–19775 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
16.7%with Democrats
of 1,192 votes · 83.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested17%of 1,192 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1973→75, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019671975
1975–76 · 94th · Republican · of 390 votes14.6%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 390 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance17.8% · 135
Congress14.7% · 75
Energy20.8% · 72
Government Operations and Politics7.3% · 55
International Affairs16.7% · 30
Labor and Employment20% · 25
Armed Forces and National Security33.3% · 24
Agriculture and Food13.6% · 22
Taxation19% · 21
Transportation and Public Works15.8% · 19
District of Columbia40% · 15
Law26.7% · 15
Crime and Law Enforcement23.1% · 13
Commerce25% · 12
Health10% · 10
Mines and mineral resources— · 9
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8
Education— · 8
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 8
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Environmental Protection— · 7
Housing and Community Development— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 4
Independent regulatory commissions— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Social Welfare— · 4
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Credit— · 3
Finance and Financial Sector— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Private Legislation— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 2
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Lobbying— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Mortgages— · 2
Postal rates and revenues— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 45 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Heating, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

90th · 196794th · 1975
Republican90th–94th

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