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Benjamin Gwinn Harris

Representative from Maryland
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1863–1867ID H000232
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 346 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 346 · both combined
Steepest move
−0 pts
1863 → 1865
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 ↓1863
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.9%with Democrats
of 129 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, −0 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
Mar 2, 1867S. 509No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1220), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1143No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1143No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867H.J.Res. 305No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1867H.R. 1126No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1867noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 129 contested votes scored in the 39th 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

2 Congresses
38th · 186339th · 1865
Democrat · House · MD38th–39th
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
BH

Benjamin Gwinn Harris

Representative from Maryland
HOUSED1863–18672 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
90.2%with Democrats
of 346 votes · 9.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 346 · combined
Steepest move−0 pts1863→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018631865
1865–66 · 39th · Democrat · of 129 votes89.9%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 129 contested votes scored in the 39th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186339th · 1865
Democrat38th–39th

Party switchers

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