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Ben Franklin Caldwell
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1899–1909ID C000029
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 319 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 319 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1899 → 1901
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 ↓18991905
1907–0860th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.2%with Democrats
of 95 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1899 → 1901, −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 2, 1909S. 28LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1909H.Res. 607LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1909S. 5729LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 5729), 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
Feb 18, 1909H.Res. 573LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1909H.R. 23464LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1909noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 15, 1909S. 9295LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1909H.Res. 566LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1909H.Res. 566LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 60th 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
4 Congresses56th · 189960th · 1907
Democrat · House · IL56th–60th
Term datesexact