Rep. Thomas “Chet” Edwards

Former Representative from Texas's 17^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2005-2010	Representative	Texas's 17^th District
1991-2004	Representative	Texas's 11^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Edwards was a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Edwards’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Edwards to other members of the House of Representatives in the 111^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1991 to Dec 2010, Edwards missed 395 of 12,757 roll call votes, which is 3.1%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1991 Jan-Mar	62	1	1.6%	31^st
1991 Apr-Jun	139	1	0.7%	18^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	1	1.2%	12^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	4	2.5%	55^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	1	1.5%	26^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	5	2.7%	48^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	1	0.5%	17^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	4	3.1%	56^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	3	1.6%	36^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	1	0.6%	28^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	2	1.5%	45^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	21^st
1994 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	16^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	4	2.8%	51^st
1994 Oct-Nov	51	3	5.9%	81^st
1995 Jan-Mar	279	11	3.9%	81^st
1995 Apr-Jun	189	5	2.6%	63^rd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	41^st
1995 Oct-Dec	185	22	11.9%	94^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	1	0.5%	17^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	6	3.7%	68^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	2	1.1%	31^st
1997 Jul-Sep	232	17	7.3%	90^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	5	3.1%	62^nd
1998 Jan-Mar	89	4	4.5%	69^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	1	0.5%	20^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	16^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	2	2.7%	57^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	1	1.3%	35^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	43^rd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	9	4.4%	81^st
1999 Oct-Nov	146	3	2.1%	42^nd
2000 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	33^rd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	3	1.1%	29^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	9	6.9%	83^rd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	8	7.9%	54^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	5	6.7%	84^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	3	2.2%	46^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	2	1.3%	36^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	7	3.4%	58^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	11	4.6%	75^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	16	8.3%	87^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	7	4.6%	63^rd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	10	9.6%	77^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	9	4.1%	65^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	1	0.6%	19^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	51^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	4	1.5%	43^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	5	3.4%	67^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	9	5.5%	74^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	60^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	4	1.4%	38^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	1	3.7%	52^nd
2007 Jan-Mar	213	10	4.7%	79^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	25	6.4%	87^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	14	4.4%	79^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	2	0.8%	15^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	8	5.4%	61^st
2008 Apr-Jun	321	15	4.7%	66^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	5	2.4%	49^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	5	2.9%	59^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	15	5.0%	76^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	8	3.0%	68^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	6	2.4%	45^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	11	5.6%	72^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	9	4.1%	63^rd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	2	1.3%	34^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	10	10.1%	72^nd

Primary Sources

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

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Bill Text

H.R. 1376 (111th): Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of 2009

This bill’s text for status Reported by Senate Committee (Mar 02, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 7:14 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 1376 (111th): Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of 2009

This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (Jul 27, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:08 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 1376 (111th): Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of 2009

This bill’s text for status Referred to Senate Committee (Jul 28, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:06 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 1120 (111th): Central Texas Water Recycling Act of 2009

This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (Jun 02, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:02 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 1120 (111th): Central Texas Water Recycling Act of 2009

This bill’s text for status Referred to Senate Committee (Jun 03, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 5:55 p.m.