Rep. Edward Pou

Former Representative from North Carolina's 4^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1931-1934	Representative	North Carolina's 4^th District
1927-1931	Representative	North Carolina's 4^th District
1925-1927	Representative	North Carolina's 4^th District
1923-1925	Representative	North Carolina's 4^th District
1915-1923	Representative	North Carolina's 4^th District
1907-1915	Representative	North Carolina's 4^th District
1905-1907	Representative	North Carolina's 4^th District
1903-1905	Representative	North Carolina's 4^th District
1901-1903	Representative	North Carolina's 4^th District

Voting Record

From Dec 1901 to Mar 1934, Pou missed 928 of 3,115 roll call votes, which is 29.8%. This is worse than the median of 10.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1934. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1901-Feb 1902	18	3	16.7%	50^th
1902 Mar-May	22	4	18.2%	0^th
1902 Jun-Jul	28	12	42.9%	0^th
Dec 1902-Mar 1903	113	64	56.6%	75^th
1903 Nov-Nov	6	1	16.7%	50^th
Dec 1903-Apr 1904	49	13	26.5%	50^th
Dec 1904-Mar 1905	32	4	12.5%	17^th
Dec 1905-Feb 1906	24	1	4.2%	17^th
1906 Mar-May	56	22	39.3%	50^th
1906 Jun-Jun	20	4	20.0%	33^rd
Dec 1906-Mar 1907	34	10	29.4%	83^rd
Dec 1907-May 1908	270	130	48.1%	70^th
Dec 1908-Mar 1909	42	22	52.4%	80^th
1909 Mar-Aug	36	5	13.9%	46^th
Dec 1909-Feb 1910	18	7	38.9%	64^th
1910 Mar-May	60	28	46.7%	71^st
1910 Jun-Jun	18	4	22.2%	64^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	65	31	47.7%	79^th
1911 Apr-Aug	48	6	12.5%	50^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	57	14	24.6%	61^st
1912 Apr-Jul	57	9	15.8%	30^th
1912 Aug-Aug	29	13	44.8%	65^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	65	19	29.2%	39^th
1913 Apr-Jul	22	8	36.4%	58^th
1913 Aug-Nov	43	16	37.2%	19^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	24	5	20.8%	57^th
1914 Mar-May	34	8	23.5%	65^th
1914 Jun-Aug	61	13	21.3%	35^th
1914 Sep-Oct	29	2	6.9%	22^nd
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	66	17	25.8%	71^st
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	16	3	18.8%	71^st
1916 Mar-May	51	20	39.2%	91^st
1916 Jun-Aug	23	17	73.9%	97^th
1916 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	57	27	47.4%	97^th
1917 Apr-Jun	41	6	14.6%	66^th
1917 Jul-Sep	9	1	11.1%	42^nd
1917 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	33	9	27.3%	78^th
1918 Mar-May	63	13	20.6%	49^th
1918 Jun-Aug	33	13	39.4%	76^th
1918 Sep-Oct	14	6	42.9%	59^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	62	13	21.0%	59^th
1919 May-Jul	62	26	41.9%	75^th
1919 Aug-Oct	51	12	23.5%	46^th
1919 Nov-Nov	16	5	31.3%	51^st
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	39	8	20.5%	40^th
1920 Mar-May	69	9	13.0%	33^rd
1920 Jun-Jun	8	6	75.0%	79^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	88	31	35.2%	81^st
1921 Apr-Jun	57	9	15.8%	48^th
1921 Jul-Aug	40	17	42.5%	79^th
1921 Oct-Nov	28	1	3.6%	17^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	46	16	34.8%	66^th
1922 Mar-May	47	17	36.2%	61^st
1922 Jun-Aug	49	18	36.7%	50^th
1922 Sep-Sep	12	2	16.7%	41^st
1922 Nov-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	60	17	28.3%	53^rd
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1924 Mar-May	78	5	6.4%	44^th
1924 Jun-Jun	10	1	10.0%	48^th
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	54	5	9.3%	75^th
Dec 1925-Feb 1926	20	2	10.0%	82^nd
1926 Mar-May	34	3	8.8%	70^th
1926 Jun-Jul	20	3	15.0%	79^th
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	32	3	9.4%	79^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	48	11	22.9%	77^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	14	6	42.9%	86^th
1929 Apr-Jun	11	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	6	4	66.7%	93^rd
1930 Mar-May	24	10	41.7%	88^th
1930 Jun-Jul	20	8	40.0%	80^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	26	9	34.6%	91^st
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	16	4	25.0%	84^th
1932 Mar-May	27	11	40.7%	96^th
1932 Jun-Jul	30	7	23.3%	65^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	31	11	35.5%	92^nd
1933 Mar-Jun	50	2	4.0%	79^th
1934 Jan-Jun	12	6	50.0%	96^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Edward Pou [D-NC4, 1931-1934] leaves office as Representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district

Jun 18, 1934

Elections and Offices

Rep. Edward Pou [D-NC4, 1931-1934] takes office as Representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district

Dec 07, 1931

Elections and Offices

Rep. Edward Pou [D-NC4, 1931-1934] leaves office as Representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district

Mar 03, 1931

Elections and Offices

Rep. Edward Pou [D-NC4, 1931-1934] takes office as Representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district

Dec 05, 1927

Elections and Offices

Rep. Edward Pou [D-NC4, 1931-1934] leaves office as Representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district

Mar 04, 1927