Benjamin Pixley Birdsall

Representative from Iowa

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1903–1909ID B000481

LegislationHEADLINE

11%with Dems

of 247 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

11%with Dems

of 247 · both combined

Steepest move

+8 pts

1903 → 1905

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 ↓1903

1907–0860th Congress

Sat as a Republican

11.1%with Democrats

of 90 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1903 → 1905, +8 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

Feb 20, 1909H.R. 28243No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 18, 1909H.Res. 575No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 18, 1909H.Res. 573No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 573), 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

Open roll call

Feb 17, 1909noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 17, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 15, 1909S. 9295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 15, 1909H.Res. 566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 90 contested votes scored in the 60th 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

3 Congresses

58th · 190360th · 1907

Republican · House · IA58th–60th

Term datesexact

Benjamin Pixley Birdsall

Representative from Iowa

HOUSER1903–19093 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

10.5%with Democrats

of 247 votes · 89.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested11%of 247 · combined

Steepest move+8 pts1903→05, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019031907

1907–08 · 60th · Republican · of 90 votes11.1%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 90 contested votes scored in the 60th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

58th · 190360th · 1907

Republican58th–60th

Party switchers

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