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Stephen Benton Elkins
Senator from West VirginiaSENATEREPUBLICAN1895–1911ID E000110
LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 608 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 608 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1905 → 1907
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 ↓189519011907
1909–1061st Congress
Sat as a Republican
0.7%with Democrats
of 135 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1905 → 1907, −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
Dec 20, 1910S. 7971LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 25, 1910S. 6708LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1910S. 4501LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4501), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jun 22, 1910S. 5876LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1910S. 5876LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 21, 1910S. 5876LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 21, 1910S. 5876LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 21, 1910S. 5876LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 21, 1910S. 5876LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 135 contested votes scored in the 61st 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
8 Congresses54th · 189561st · 1909
Republican · Senate · WV54th–61st
Term datesexact