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Benjamin Franklin Butler
Representative from MassachusettsHOUSEREPUBLICAN1867–1879ID B001174
LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 1,304 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 1,304 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1873 → 1877
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 ↓18671873
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
30.5%with Democrats
of 128 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1877, +13 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 3, 1879H.R. 6462LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 5580LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6463LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6471LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 128 contested votes scored in the 45th 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
5 Congresses40th · 186745th · 1877
Republican · House · MA40th–45th
Term datesexact