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Edward Michael Irwin

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1925–1931ID I000040
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LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 118 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 118 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1925 → 1927
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 ↓1925
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Republican
22.8%with Democrats
of 57 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +7 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, 1931S. 6255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1931S. 6046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1931H.J.Res. 500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 500), 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
Feb 28, 1931S. 4586No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1931H.R. 12918No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 57 contested votes scored in the 71st 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
69th · 192571st · 1929
Republican · House · IL69th–71st
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
EI

Edward Michael Irwin

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1925–19313 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
22.9%with Democrats
of 118 votes · 77.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested23%of 118 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1925→27, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019251929
1929–30 · 71st · Republican · of 57 votes22.8%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 57 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

69th · 192571st · 1929
Republican69th–71st

Party switchers

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