Ed Lee Gossett

Representative from Texas

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1953ID G000338

LegislationHEADLINE

64%with Dems

of 620 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

64%with Dems

of 620 · both combined

Steepest move

−23 pts

1949 → 1951

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 ↓193919451951

1951–5282nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

26.7%with Democrats

of 45 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, −23 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

Jul 30, 1951H.R. 4484No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 30, 1951S. 1717No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 27, 1951H.Res. 355No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 355), 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

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Jul 27, 1951H.J.Res. 289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 25, 1951H.R. 3880No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 20, 1951H.R. 3871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 20, 1951H.R. 3871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 20, 1951H.R. 3871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 20, 1951H.R. 3871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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

7 Congresses

76th · 193982nd · 1951

Democrat · House · TX76th–82nd

Term datesexact

Ed Lee Gossett

Representative from Texas

HOUSED1939–19537 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

63.7%with Democrats

of 620 votes · 36.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested64%of 620 · combined

Steepest move−23 pts1949→51, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391951

1951–52 · 82nd · Democrat · of 45 votes26.7%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193982nd · 1951

Democrat76th–82nd

Party switchers

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