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Edward John King

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1915–1929ID K000200
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LegislationHEADLINE
30%with Dems
of 609 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
30%with Dems
of 609 · both combined
Steepest move
+44 pts
1921 → 1923
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 ↓191519211927
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Republican
50%with Democrats
of 22 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, +44 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
Dec 18, 1928H.R. 5773No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 10, 1928H.R. 10760No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 25, 1928S. 3674No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3674), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
May 25, 1928H.R. 5773No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 25, 1928S.J.Res. 46No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 24, 1928S. 777No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 22, 1928H.R. 7900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 22, 1928H.R. 5681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 17, 1928H.R. 11133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 22 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

7 Congresses
64th · 191570th · 1927
Republican · House · IL64th–70th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Edward John King

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1915–19297 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
29.7%with Democrats
of 609 votes · 70.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested30%of 609 · combined
Steepest move+44 pts1921→23, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019151927
1927–28 · 70th · Republican · of 22 votes50%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 22 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191570th · 1927
Republican64th–70th

Party switchers

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