David Bennett Hill

Senator from New York

SENATEDEMOCRAT1891–1897ID H000590

LegislationHEADLINE

58%with Dems

of 371 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

58%with Dems

of 371 · both combined

Steepest move

−40 pts

1891 → 1893

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 ↓1891

1895–9654th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

64.9%with Democrats

of 94 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, −40 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 3, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1897H.R. 9188No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1897H.R. 1185No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1897H.R. 10336No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1897H.R. 10336No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 94 contested votes scored in the 54th 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

3 Congresses

52nd · 189154th · 1895

Democrat · Senate · NY52nd–54th

Term datesexact

David Bennett Hill

Senator from New York

SENATED1891–18973 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

58.5%with Democrats

of 371 votes · 41.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested58%of 371 · combined

Steepest move−40 pts1891→93, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018911895

1895–96 · 54th · Democrat · of 94 votes64.9%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 94 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

52nd · 189154th · 1895

Democrat52nd–54th

Party switchers

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