Rep. William “Jack” Edwards

Former Representative from Alabama's 1^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1965-1984	Representative	Alabama's 1^st District

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Edwards’s most recently sponsored bills include...

H.R. 6108 (98th): A bill for the relief of Michael J. Adams.
H.R. 4922 (98th): A bill to exclude the Fort Morgan Road from the Coastal Barrier ...
H.R. 4921 (98th): A bill to provide for the selection of additional lands for inclusion ...
H.R. 4695 (98th): A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to ...
H.R. 3673 (98th): A bill for the relief of Meenakshiben P. Patel.
H.Con.Res. 113 (98th): A concurrent resolution approving the obligation and expenditure of funds for MX ...
H.R. 1274 (98th): A bill to confer jurisdiction upon the United States Court of Claims ...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1965 to Oct 1984, Edwards missed 787 of 8,766 roll call votes, which is 9.0%. This is worse than the median of 6.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1984. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1965 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	50^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	6	11.3%	66^th
1965 Jul-Sep	97	7	7.2%	66^th
1965 Oct-Oct	18	3	16.7%	81^st
1966 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	11	21.6%	79^th
1966 Jul-Sep	71	8	11.3%	48^th
1966 Oct-Oct	33	26	78.8%	95^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	55	1	1.8%	88^th
1967 Jul-Sep	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	95	1	1.1%	87^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	76	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Oct-Oct	24	2	8.3%	58^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.3%	55^th
1969 Apr-Jun	27	3	11.1%	68^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	6	13.3%	71^st
1969 Oct-Dec	87	16	18.4%	83^rd
1970 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	18	24.3%	79^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	15	19.7%	74^th
1970 Oct-Dec	79	14	17.7%	67^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	88	4	4.5%	20^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	9	12.5%	70^th
1971 Oct-Dec	133	3	2.3%	12^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	5	7.8%	49^th
1972 Apr-Jun	111	7	6.3%	36^th
1972 Jul-Sep	99	28	28.3%	89^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	7	14.0%	57^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	73^rd
1973 Apr-Jun	189	17	9.0%	59^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	4	3.1%	39^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	10	5.6%	44^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	2	2.6%	22^nd
1974 Apr-Jun	169	22	13.0%	68^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	5	3.4%	36^th
1974 Oct-Dec	140	23	16.4%	79^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	7	10.3%	74^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	2	1.0%	9^th
1975 Jul-Sep	145	30	20.7%	95^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	0	0.0%	0^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	12	11.3%	77^th
1976 Apr-Jun	266	26	9.8%	62^nd
1976 Jul-Sep	280	8	2.9%	28^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	99	7	7.1%	66^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	5	1.8%	17^th
1977 Jul-Sep	197	27	13.7%	86^th
1977 Oct-Dec	133	9	6.8%	59^th
1978 Jan-Mar	149	11	7.4%	55^th
1978 Apr-Jun	299	15	5.0%	37^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	12	3.9%	29^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	1	1.3%	13^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	3	4.8%	62^nd
1979 Apr-Jun	220	6	2.7%	21^st
1979 Jul-Sep	198	17	8.6%	65^th
1979 Oct-Dec	188	11	5.9%	33^rd
1980 Jan-Mar	148	52	35.1%	98^th
1980 Apr-Jun	196	35	17.9%	90^th
1980 Jul-Sep	190	12	6.3%	48^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	6	9.0%	47^th
1981 Jan-Mar	13	1	7.7%	72^nd
1981 Apr-Jun	89	5	5.6%	45^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	5	4.7%	50^th
1981 Oct-Dec	141	12	8.5%	64^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	5	10.4%	65^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	8	6.7%	68^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	13	6.7%	56^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	16	16.2%	77^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	6	14.0%	76^th
1983 Apr-Jun	181	27	14.9%	88^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	5	3.8%	47^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	19	13.3%	85^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	4	7.5%	54^th
1984 Apr-Jun	222	47	21.2%	94^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	9	9.5%	72^nd
1984 Oct-Oct	36	1	2.8%	27^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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. William “Jack” Edwards [R-AL1, 1965-1984] leaves office as Representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district

Oct 12, 1984

Elections and Offices

Rep. William “Jack” Edwards [R-AL1, 1965-1984] takes office as Representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district

Jan 04, 1965