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Edgar Wilson

Representative from Idaho
HOUSEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY1895–1901ID W000573
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LegislationHEADLINE
56%with Dems
of 151 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
56%with Dems
of 151 · both combined
Steepest move
+55 pts
1895 → 1899
the label changed
Changed parties
56th
R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓1895R→O · 56th
1899–190056th Congress
Sat under another party label
84%with Democrats
of 75 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1899, +55 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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 1, 1901H.R. 441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 5499No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1901noneNo 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
Feb 25, 1901H.R. 13705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1901H.R. 13801No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1901H.R. 8917No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1901H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 16, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 15, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 75 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
54th · 189556th · 1899
Republican · House · ID54th–54th
Other party · House · ID56th–56th
Term datesexact
Members · Idaho
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Edgar Wilson

Representative from Idaho
HOUSER→O1895–19012 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
56.3%with Democrats
of 151 votes · 43.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested56%of 151 · combined
Steepest move+55 pts1895→99, under another label
Changed parties56thR→O

Career arc

100500R→O18951899
1899–1900 · 56th · Other party · of 75 votes84%

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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 · 75 contested votes scored in the 56th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189556th · 1899
Republican54th–54th
Other party56th–56th

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