HB
Hugh Reid Belknap
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1899ID B000329
LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 155 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 155 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1895 → 1897
still a Republican
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 ↓1895
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Republican
4.8%with Democrats
of 83 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −10 pts — within one party label.
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 2, 1899noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1899H.R. 11683LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1899H.R. 12122LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12122), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 23, 1899noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1899H.R. 12125LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1899S. 460LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1899H.R. 10500LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1899H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1899H.R. 10969LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 83 contested votes scored in the 55th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses54th · 189555th · 1897
Republican · House · IL54th–55th
Term datesexact