Benjamin Kurtz Focht

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1907–1939ID F000230

LegislationHEADLINE

9%with Dems

of 981 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

9%with Dems

of 981 · both combined

Steepest move

−14 pts

1935 → 1937

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 ↓190719131919192519311937

1937–3875th Congress

Sat as a Republican

0%with Democrats

of 12 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, −14 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 18, 1937S.J.Res. 51No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 18, 1937S.J.Res. 51No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 10, 1937H.R. 114No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 114), 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

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Mar 10, 1937H.R. 5293No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 5, 1937H.R. 5232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1937H.R. 2723No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1937S. 417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 15, 1937S.J.Res. 70No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 10, 1937H.R. 2518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 12 contested votes scored in the 75th 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

10 Congresses

60th · 190775th · 1937

Republican · House · PA60th–75th

Term datesexact

Benjamin Kurtz Focht

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSER1907–193910 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

8.9%with Democrats

of 981 votes · 91.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested9%of 981 · combined

Steepest move−14 pts1935→37, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019071937

1937–38 · 75th · Republican · of 12 votes0%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 12 contested votes scored in the 75th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

60th · 190775th · 1937

Republican60th–75th

Party switchers

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