AB
Alfred Washburn Benson
Senator from KansasSENATEREPUBLICAN1905–1907ID B000386
LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 15 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 15 · 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 ↓1905
1905–0659th Congress
Sat as a Republican
13.3%with Democrats
of 15 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
Jan 23, 1907H.R. 21574LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 23, 1907H.R. 21574LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 23, 1907H.R. 21574LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 21574), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jan 22, 1907noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 22, 1907noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 10, 1907S. 5133LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 26, 1906S. 5133LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 26, 1906S. 5133LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1906S. 5133LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 15 contested votes scored in the 59th 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
1 Congresses59th · 1905
Republican · Senate · KS59th–59th
Term datesexact