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Edward McPherson
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1859–1863ID M000591
LegislationHEADLINE
20%with Dems
of 712 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
20%with Dems
of 712 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1859
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Republican
22.8%with Democrats
of 404 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +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, 1863S. 467LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1863H.J.Res. 115LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 780LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 780), 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
Mar 3, 1863noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 481LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 577LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 577LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 544LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 554LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 404 contested votes scored in the 37th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses36th · 185937th · 1861
Republican · House · PA36th–37th
Term datesexact