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Edwin Reed Ridgely

Representative from Kansas
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1897–1901ID R000244
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 212 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 212 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1897 → 1899
under one label

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 ↓1897
1899–190056th Congress
Sat under another party label
95.2%with Democrats
of 84 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, +9 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 2, 1901H.Res. 438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14017), 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
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 13705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 84 contested votes scored in the 56th 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

2 Congresses
55th · 189756th · 1899
Other party · House · KS55th–56th
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
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Edwin Reed Ridgely

Representative from Kansas
HOUSEO1897–19012 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
89.6%with Democrats
of 212 votes · 10.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 212 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1897→99, under another label

Career arc

10050018971899
1899–1900 · 56th · Other party · of 84 votes95.2%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 84 contested votes scored in the 56th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189756th · 1899
Other party55th–56th

Party switchers

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