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Franklin Fowler Ellsworth

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1915–1921ID E000145
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 228 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 228 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1917 → 1919
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 ↓1915
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Republican
21.1%with Democrats
of 38 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, +4 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 28, 1921H.R. 15901No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 27, 1921H.R. 15812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 27, 1921H.R. 15812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15812), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jan 27, 1921H.R. 15812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1921H.R. 15812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1921H.R. 15812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 13, 1920H.J.Res. 382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1920H.J.Res. 382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 13, 1920H.R. 14461No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 38 contested votes scored in the 66th 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

3 Congresses
64th · 191566th · 1919
Republican · House · MN64th–66th
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
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Franklin Fowler Ellsworth

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSER1915–19213 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Democrats
of 228 votes · 82% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested18%of 228 · combined
Steepest move+4 pts1917→19, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019151919
1919–20 · 66th · Republican · of 38 votes21.1%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 38 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191566th · 1919
Republican64th–66th

Party switchers

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