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Benjamin Stephen Hooper

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1883–1885ID H000763
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 45 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 45 · both combined

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 ↓1883
1883–8448th Congress
Sat under another party label
13.3%with Democrats
of 45 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1885H.R. 8130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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
Dec 15, 1884H.R. 1457No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 15, 1884noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 15, 1884H.R. 7232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 15, 1884noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 5, 1884H.R. 3962No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 3, 1884H.R. 7235No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 48th 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

1 Congresses
48th · 1883
Other party · House · VA48th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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Benjamin Stephen Hooper

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEO1883–18851 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
13.3%with Democrats
of 45 votes · 86.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 45 · combined

Career arc

10050018831883
1883–84 · 48th · Other party · of 45 votes13.3%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188348th · 1883
Other party48th–48th

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