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Elmer Austin Benson
Senator from MinnesotaSENATEOTHER PARTY1935–1937ID B000389
LegislationHEADLINE
72%with Dems
of 25 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
72%with Dems
of 25 · 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 ↓1935
1935–3674th Congress
Sat under another party label
72%with Democrats
of 25 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
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12800LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12800LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12395LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12395), 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 19, 1936H.R. 10919LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 8555LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 16, 1936S. 4424LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1936S. 4552LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1936S. 476LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 5, 1936H.R. 12395LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 74th 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 Congresses74th · 1935
Other party · Senate · MN74th–74th
Term datesexact