Charles Benjamin Farwell

Senator from Illinois

SENATEREPUBLICAN1871–1891ID F000037

LegislationHEADLINE

13%with Dems

of 845 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

13%with Dems

of 845 · both combined

Steepest move

−17 pts

1871 → 1873

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 ↓1871187718831889

1889–9051st Congress

Sat as a Republican

12.5%with Democrats

of 144 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, −17 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, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10881), 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

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1891H.R. 6944No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 144 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

7 Congresses

42nd · 187149th · 188551st · 1889

Republican · House · IL42nd–47th

Republican · Senate · IL49th–51st

Term datesyears only to 1885 · exact from 1871

Charles Benjamin Farwell

Senator from Illinois

SENATER1871–18917 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

13%with Democrats

of 845 votes · 87% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested13%of 845 · combined

Steepest move−17 pts1871→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018711889

1889–90 · 51st · Republican · of 144 votes12.5%

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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 · 144 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

42nd · 187151st · 1889

Republican42nd–47th

Republican49th–51st

Party switchers

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