John Franklin Farnsworth

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1857–1873ID F000024

LegislationHEADLINE

24%with Dems

of 2,155 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

24%with Dems

of 2,155 · both combined

Steepest move

+18 pts

1867 → 1869

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 ↓185718631869

1871–7242nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

51.3%with Democrats

of 271 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, +18 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, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3921), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Democratic majority

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Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1873S. 693No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 271 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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

7 Congresses

35th · 185742nd · 1871

Republican · House · IL35th–42nd

Term datesexact

John Franklin Farnsworth

Representative from Illinois

HOUSER1857–18737 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

24.5%with Democrats

of 2,155 votes · 75.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested24%of 2,155 · combined

Steepest move+18 pts1867→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018571871

1871–72 · 42nd · Republican · of 271 votes51.3%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 271 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185742nd · 1871

Republican35th–42nd

Party switchers

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