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Edward Vaughn Long

Senator from Missouri
SENATEDEMOCRAT1961–1969ID L000415
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 744 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 744 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓19611967
1967–6890th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.8%with Democrats
of 109 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, +6 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
Sep 19, 1968H.R. 7735No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 19, 1968H.R. 7735No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 11, 1968H.R. 17324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17324), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Sep 11, 1968H.R. 17324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1968H.R. 15387No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 26, 1968H.R. 15387No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1968H.R. 15387No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1968H.R. 15387No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1968H.R. 15387No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 109 contested votes scored in the 90th 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

4 Congresses
87th · 196190th · 1967
Democrat · Senate · MO87th–90th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Edward Vaughn Long

Senator from Missouri
SENATED1961–19694 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.3%with Democrats
of 744 votes · 8.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 744 · combined
Steepest move+6 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019611967
1967–68 · 90th · Democrat · of 109 votes90.8%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 109 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

87th · 196190th · 1967
Democrat87th–90th

Party switchers

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