JB
John Forbes Benjamin
Representative from MissouriHOUSEREPUBLICAN1865–1871ID B000364
LegislationHEADLINE
24%with Dems
of 983 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
24%with Dems
of 983 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1867 → 1869
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 ↓1865
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Republican
29.6%with Democrats
of 294 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, +9 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
Feb 22, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1871noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Feb 21, 1871S. 647LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1871S. 647LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1871noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1871H.J.Res. 518LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1871H.J.Res. 518LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 294 contested votes scored in the 41st 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
3 Congresses39th · 186541st · 1869
Republican · House · MO39th–41st
Term datesexact