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Edward Lunn Young

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1973–1975ID Y000035
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 348 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 348 · 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 ↓1973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.3%with Democrats
of 348 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 20, 1974S. 4206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6668), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1494No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 348 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance5.8% · 69 votes
Congress19% · 42 votes
Energy5.9% · 34 votes
Labor and Employment15% · 20 votes
International Affairs6.3% · 16 votes
Transportation and Public Works0% · 16 votes
District of Columbia0% · 13 votes
Armed Forces and National Security27.3% · 11 votes
Government Operations and Politics0% · 10 votes
Law0% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Commerce— · 6 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Education— · 4 votes
Health— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 24 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

1 Congresses
93rd · 1973
Republican · House · SC93rd–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
EY

Edward Lunn Young

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSER1973–19751 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
10.3%with Democrats
of 348 votes · 89.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 348 · combined

Career arc

10050019731973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 348 votes10.3%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 348 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance5.8% · 69
Congress19% · 42
Energy5.9% · 34
Labor and Employment15% · 20
International Affairs6.3% · 16
Transportation and Public Works0% · 16
District of Columbia0% · 13
Armed Forces and National Security27.3% · 11
Government Operations and Politics0% · 10
Law0% · 10
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Commerce— · 6
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Environmental Protection— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Education— · 4
Health— · 4
Commemorations— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Agriculture and Food— · 2
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2
Real property— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 24 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

93rd · 197393rd · 1973
Republican93rd–93rd

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