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Edwin Bell Forsythe

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1969–1985ID F000286
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LegislationHEADLINE
30%with Dems
of 2,645 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
30%with Dems
of 2,645 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1973 → 1975
still a Republican

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 ↓196919751981
1983–8498th Congress
Sat as a Republican
27.4%with Democrats
of 237 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1973 → 1975, −13 pts — within one party label.
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
Mar 29, 1984H.J.Res. 517No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 26, 1984H.R. 2714No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Nov 17, 1983H.J.Res. 308No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 308), 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
Nov 17, 1983H.R. 3959No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Nov 17, 1983H.R. 4185No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Nov 17, 1983H.Con.Res. 100No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Nov 17, 1983H.Con.Res. 100No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Nov 17, 1983H.R. 2915No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Nov 17, 1983noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 237 contested votes scored in the 98th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance28.4% · 531 votes
Congress27.6% · 290 votes
Government Operations and Politics20.9% · 182 votes
International Affairs52.7% · 169 votes
Energy13.6% · 140 votes
Armed Forces and National Security59.4% · 101 votes
Labor and Employment22.7% · 66 votes
Transportation and Public Works32.8% · 64 votes
Agriculture and Food16.1% · 62 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance56.5% · 62 votes
Taxation16.4% · 55 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources18.4% · 49 votes
Education27.1% · 48 votes
Law35.9% · 39 votes
Housing and Community Development18.2% · 33 votes
Environmental Protection19.4% · 31 votes
Science, Technology, Communications19.4% · 31 votes
Health46.7% · 30 votes
Commerce20.7% · 29 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement40.7% · 27 votes
Finance and Financial Sector10.5% · 19 votes
Social Welfare16.7% · 18 votes
District of Columbia60% · 15 votes
Mines and mineral resources23.1% · 13 votes
Industrial relations0% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 8 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 7 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Native Americans— · 7 votes
Private Legislation— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Water Resources Development— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Families— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Income tax— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Social Sciences and History— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Immigration— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

They also voted in 70 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Contested elections, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government corporations, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

8 Congresses
91st · 196998th · 1983
Republican · House · NJ91st–98th
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
EF

Edwin Bell Forsythe

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSER1969–19858 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
30.2%with Democrats
of 2,645 votes · 69.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested30%of 2,645 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1973→75, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019691983
1983–84 · 98th · Republican · of 237 votes27.4%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 237 contested votes scored in the 98th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance28.4% · 531
Congress27.6% · 290
Government Operations and Politics20.9% · 182
International Affairs52.7% · 169
Energy13.6% · 140
Armed Forces and National Security59.4% · 101
Labor and Employment22.7% · 66
Transportation and Public Works32.8% · 64
Agriculture and Food16.1% · 62
Foreign Trade and International Finance56.5% · 62
Taxation16.4% · 55
Public Lands and Natural Resources18.4% · 49
Education27.1% · 48
Law35.9% · 39
Housing and Community Development18.2% · 33
Environmental Protection19.4% · 31
Science, Technology, Communications19.4% · 31
Health46.7% · 30
Commerce20.7% · 29
Crime and Law Enforcement40.7% · 27
Finance and Financial Sector10.5% · 19
Social Welfare16.7% · 18
District of Columbia60% · 15
Mines and mineral resources23.1% · 13
Industrial relations0% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 8
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 7
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Native Americans— · 7
Private Legislation— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Public works— · 6
Mortgages— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Home repair and improvement— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Water Resources Development— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Families— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Income tax— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Social Sciences and History— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Immigration— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Postal rates and revenues— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Heating— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Also voted in 70 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Contested elections, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government corporations, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

91st · 196998th · 1983
Republican91st–98th

Party switchers

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