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Henry Blackstone Banning

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEOTHER PARTY→DEMOCRAT1873–1879ID B000117
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 648 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 648 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1875 → 1877
still a Democrat
Changed parties
44th
O → D · first Congress under it

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1873O→D · 44th
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.4%with Democrats
of 231 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, −3 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 5580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5580), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6463No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 231 contested votes scored in the 45th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

3 Congresses
43rd · 187344th · 187545th · 1877
Other party · House · OH43rd–43rd
Democrat · House · OH44th–45th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
HB

Henry Blackstone Banning

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEO→D1873–18793 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.8%with Democrats
of 648 votes · 14.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 648 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1875→77, as a Democrat
Changed parties44thO→D

Career arc

100500O→D18731877
1877–78 · 45th · Democrat · of 231 votes84.4%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 231 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

43rd · 187345th · 1877
Other party43rd–43rd
Democrat44th–45th

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