Former U.S. Representative

Don EdwardsNo longer serving

District CA‑16 Party Democratic In office 1963–1995

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Bills introduced

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

1,839

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

Biography

A Representative from California. Born in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif. , January 6, 1915. Attended the public schools of San Jose. B. A. , Stanford University, 1936. Attended Stanford University Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1940. Special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1940-1941. United States Navy as naval intelligence and gunnery officer, 1942-1945. President, Valley Title Co. , of Santa Clara County, 1951-1975. Delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1964 and 1968. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1995). One of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1988 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Alcee Lamar Hastings, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. One of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1989 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Walter L. Nixon, judge of the United States District Court for the District Court of Mississippi. Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress. Died on October 1, 2015, in San Jose, Calif.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 4210	PASSAGE, OBJECTIONS OFTHE PRESIDENT NOTWITHSTANDING	Yea	Mar 25, 1992
HR 4210	On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Yea	Mar 20, 1992
HRES 402	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Mar 20, 1992
HR 3209	SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS AS AMENDED	Yea	Mar 18, 1992
HR 4210	AGREEING TO THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION TO INSTRUCT	Yea	Mar 18, 1992
HR 4210	TABLE MOTION TO INSTRUCT	Nay	Mar 18, 1992
HRES 397	MOTION TO COMMIT	Not Voting	Mar 12, 1992
HRES 397	ON MOTION TO REFER TO COMMITTEE	Aye	Mar 12, 1992

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.