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Augustus Witschief Bennet

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1945–1947ID B000367
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LegislationHEADLINE
38%with Dems
of 79 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
38%with Dems
of 79 · both combined

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 ↓1945
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Republican
38%with Democrats
of 79 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Jul 23, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 20, 1946S. 1717No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1717), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jul 20, 1946S. 1717No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 13, 1946S.J.Res. 138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 13, 1946S.J.Res. 138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 11, 1946H.R. 6739No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 3, 1946H.R. 1362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1946H.R. 5990No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 79 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

1 Congresses
79th · 1945
Republican · House · NY79th–79th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
AB

Augustus Witschief Bennet

Representative from New York
HOUSER1945–19471 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
38%with Democrats
of 79 votes · 62% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested38%of 79 · combined

Career arc

10050019451945
1945–46 · 79th · Republican · of 79 votes38%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 79 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194579th · 1945
Republican79th–79th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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