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Charles Goodwin Bennett

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1899ID B000372
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 155 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 155 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 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
8.8%with Democrats
of 80 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −7 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 3, 1899H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1899H.R. 11683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1899H.R. 12125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12125), 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
Feb 17, 1899H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 8, 1899S. 1273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 3, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 31, 1899H.R. 11022No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 31, 1899H.R. 11022No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 80 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

2 Congresses
54th · 189555th · 1897
Republican · House · NY54th–55th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Charles Goodwin Bennett

Representative from New York
HOUSER1895–18992 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
12.3%with Democrats
of 155 votes · 87.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 155 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1895→97, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018951897
1897–98 · 55th · Republican · of 80 votes8.8%

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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 · 80 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189555th · 1897
Republican54th–55th

Party switchers

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