Joseph Benson Foraker

Senator from Ohio

SENATEREPUBLICAN1897–1909ID F000253

LegislationHEADLINE

9%with Dems

of 647 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

9%with Dems

of 647 · both combined

Steepest move

+9 pts

1901 → 1903

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 ↓18971903

1907–0860th Congress

Sat as a Republican

9.8%with Democrats

of 41 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1901 → 1903, +9 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, 1909H.J.Res. 235No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1909S. 8899No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1909S. 2982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2982), 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 1, 1909S. 2982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1909S.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1909H.R. 27053No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1909S. 5729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 23, 1909S. 5729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 23, 1909H.R. 27054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 60th 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

6 Congresses

55th · 189760th · 1907

Republican · Senate · OH55th–60th

Term datesexact

Joseph Benson Foraker

Senator from Ohio

SENATER1897–19096 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

9.4%with Democrats

of 647 votes · 90.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested9%of 647 · combined

Steepest move+9 pts1901→03, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018971907

1907–08 · 60th · Republican · of 41 votes9.8%

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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 · 41 contested votes scored in the 60th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189760th · 1907

Republican55th–60th

Party switchers

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