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Charles Benjamin Clark

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1887–1891ID C000422
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LegislationHEADLINE
3%with Dems
of 304 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
3%with Dems
of 304 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1887 → 1889
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 ↓1887
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Republican
1%with Democrats
of 202 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, −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
Jan 29, 1891H.R. 12922No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 27, 1891H.R. 12922No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 27, 1891H.R. 12365No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12365), 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
Jan 27, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1891H.R. 12782No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1891H.R. 12782No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 202 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

2 Congresses
50th · 188751st · 1889
Republican · House · WI50th–51st
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
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Charles Benjamin Clark

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSER1887–18912 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
2.6%with Democrats
of 304 votes · 97.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested3%of 304 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1887→89, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018871889
1889–90 · 51st · Republican · of 202 votes1%

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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 · 202 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

50th · 188751st · 1889
Republican50th–51st

Party switchers

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