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Benjamin Clark Hilliard

Representative from Colorado
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1915–1919ID H000620
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LegislationHEADLINE
73%with Dems
of 178 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
73%with Dems
of 178 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓1915
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
71%with Democrats
of 100 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, −5 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, 1919H.R. 606No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1919S. 1419No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1419), 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
Feb 28, 1919H.R. 16187No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1919S. 2812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1919H.Res. 541No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1919H.R. 15796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 65th 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
64th · 191565th · 1917
Democrat · House · CO64th–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Colorado
BH

Benjamin Clark Hilliard

Representative from Colorado
HOUSED1915–19192 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
73%with Democrats
of 178 votes · 27% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested73%of 178 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1915→17, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019151917
1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 100 votes71%

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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 · 100 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191565th · 1917
Democrat64th–65th

Party switchers

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