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Benjamin Thomas Biggs
Representative from DelawareHOUSEDEMOCRAT1869–1873ID B000457
LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 611 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 611 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1869 → 1871
still a Democrat
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 ↓1869
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86%with Democrats
of 257 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, −9 pts — while still a Democrat.
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, 1873S. 1537LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3921), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873S. 693LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1873H.R. 2991LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1873noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1873noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 257 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
2 Congresses41st · 186942nd · 1871
Democrat · House · DE41st–42nd
Term datesexact