JB
John Bonifas Bennett
Representative from MichiganHOUSEREPUBLICAN1943–1965ID B000377
LegislationHEADLINE
34%with Dems
of 856 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
34%with Dems
of 856 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1947 → 1949
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 ↓1943194919551961
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Republican
30.9%with Democrats
of 81 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, +18 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
Jul 1, 1964H.R. 11812LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1964H.R. 11812LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1964H.R. 11049LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11049), 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
Jun 10, 1964H.R. 11380LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1964H.R. 11380LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1964noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 3, 1964noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 27, 1964H.R. 5130LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 27, 1964H.R. 5130LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 88th 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
10 Congresses78th · 194388th · 1963
Republican · House · MI78th–88th
Term datesexact