BH
Benjamin Franklin Harding
Senator from OregonSENATEDEMOCRAT1861–1865ID H000189
LegislationHEADLINE
64%with Dems
of 176 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
64%with Dems
of 176 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1861 → 1863
still a Democrat
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 ↓1861
1863–6438th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
62.1%with Democrats
of 87 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −4 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 25, 1865H.R. 620LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 12, 1865H.J.Res. 56LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 6, 1865H.R. 586LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 586), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Dec 15, 1864S. 356LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 20, 1864noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 20, 1864S. 132LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 20, 1864S. 132LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 20, 1864H.R. 407LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 19, 1864H.R. 15LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 38th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses37th · 186138th · 1863
Democrat · Senate · OR37th–38th
Term datesexact