Frank Obadiah Briggs

Senator from New Jersey

SENATEREPUBLICAN1907–1913ID B000827

LegislationHEADLINE

4%with Dems

of 320 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

4%with Dems

of 320 · both combined

Steepest move

+5 pts

1909 → 1911

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 ↓1907

1911–1262nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

6.4%with Democrats

of 109 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1909 → 1911, +5 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

Mar 1, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 23673), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

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Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1913H.R. 28180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1913H.R. 28180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 109 contested votes scored in the 62nd 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

60th · 190762nd · 1911

Republican · Senate · NJ60th–62nd

Term datesexact

Frank Obadiah Briggs

Senator from New Jersey

SENATER1907–19133 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

3.8%with Democrats

of 320 votes · 96.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested4%of 320 · combined

Steepest move+5 pts1909→11, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019071911

1911–12 · 62nd · Republican · of 109 votes6.4%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 109 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

60th · 190762nd · 1911

Republican60th–62nd

Party switchers

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