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Edward Carrington Venable

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1889–1891ID V000085
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 148 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 148 · 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 ↓1889
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.9%with Democrats
of 148 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
Sep 16, 1890noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 16, 1890noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 16, 1890noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Sep 15, 1890H.R. 9416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 15, 1890H.R. 9416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 15, 1890H.R. 9416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 5, 1890noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 5, 1890noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 5, 1890noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 148 contested votes scored in the 51st 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
51st · 1889
Democrat · House · VA51st–51st
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
EV

Edward Carrington Venable

Representative from Virginia
HOUSED1889–18911 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.9%with Democrats
of 148 votes · 8.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 148 · combined

Career arc

10050018891889
1889–90 · 51st · Democrat · of 148 votes91.9%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 148 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188951st · 1889
Democrat51st–51st

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