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Edward Laurence Leahy

Senator from Rhode Island
SENATEDEMOCRAT1949–1951ID L000173
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 158 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 158 · 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 ↓1949
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93%with Democrats
of 158 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
Jan 2, 1951H.R. 9920No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1950S.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1950S.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.Res. 371), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Dec 17, 1950S.J.Res. 207No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 14, 1950S.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 13, 1950H.R. 2734No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1950S. 4234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1950S. 4234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1950S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 158 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

1 Congresses
81st · 1949
Democrat · Senate · RI81st–81st
Term datesexact
Members · Rhode Island
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Edward Laurence Leahy

Senator from Rhode Island
SENATED1949–19511 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Democrats
of 158 votes · 7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 158 · combined

Career arc

10050019491949
1949–50 · 81st · Democrat · of 158 votes93%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
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Latest 6 shown · 158 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194981st · 1949
Democrat81st–81st

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