JB
Judah Philip Benjamin
Senator from LouisianaSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID B000365
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 545 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 545 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1857 → 1859
still a Democrat
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.7%with Democrats
of 164 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +11 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
Jan 24, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 24, 1861H.R. 701LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 23, 1861S.J.Res. 54LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 54), 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
Jan 23, 1861H.R. 338LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 22, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1861H.R. 23LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1861H.R. 23LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 19, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 19, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 164 contested votes scored in the 36th 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 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · Senate · LA35th–36th
Term datesexact