Edmundson was the representative for Virginia’s 12th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1859 to 1861.
He was previously the representative for Virginia’s 12th congressional district as a Democrat from 1857 to 1859; the representative for Virginia’s 12th congressional district as a Democrat from 1855 to 1857; the representative for Virginia’s 12th congressional district as a Democrat from 1853 to 1855; the representative for Virginia’s 12th congressional district as a Democrat from 1851 to 1853; and the representative for Virginia’s 12th congressional district as a Democrat from 1849 to 1851.
Alleged misconduct & resolution
Edmundson faced an allegation of complicity in assault on Sumner. On Jun. 2, 1856, a select committee recommended censure in a majority report. On Jul. 15, 1856, the House of Representatives censure resolution failed, 60-136.
| Jun. 2, 1856 | Select committee recommended censure in a majority report. |
| Jul. 15, 1856 | House of Representatives censure resolution failed, 60-136 |
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Dec 1849 to Mar 1861, Edmundson missed 763 of 3,344 roll call votes, which is 22.8%. This is on par with the median of 24.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1861. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- 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
