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Edward Watts Saunders
Representative from VirginiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1905–1921ID S000077
LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 559 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 559 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓190519111917
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
75%with Democrats
of 40 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, −9 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
Feb 26, 1920H.Res. 470LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1920H.R. 10453LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1920H.R. 10453LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10453), 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
Feb 17, 1920H.Res. 305LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 14, 1920H.R. 12272LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 14, 1920H.R. 12272LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1920H.R. 12272LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1920H.R. 12272LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1920H.R. 12272LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 40 contested votes scored in the 66th 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
8 Congresses59th · 190566th · 1919
Democrat · House · VA59th–66th
Term datesexact