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Benjamin Tucker Eames
Representative from Rhode IslandHOUSEREPUBLICAN1871–1879ID E000005
LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 1,140 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 1,140 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓18711877
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.2%with Democrats
of 267 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −11 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. 6500LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · 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
9 most recent roll calls shown · 267 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
4 Congresses42nd · 187145th · 1877
Republican · House · RI42nd–45th
Term datesexact