BH
Benjamin Harvey Hill
Senator from GeorgiaSENATEDEMOCRAT1875–1883ID H000587
LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 872 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 872 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1879 → 1881
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 ↓18751881
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.6%with Democrats
of 129 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, +9 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 28, 1882S. 22LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 23, 1882noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1882noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jan 27, 1882S. 46LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 27, 1882S. 46LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 27, 1882S. 46LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1882S. 46LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1882noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 26, 1882noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 129 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
4 Congresses44th · 187545th · 187747th · 1881
Democrat · House · GA44th–44th
Democrat · Senate · GA45th–47th
Term datesexact