BH
Benjamin Franklin Howell
Representative from New JerseyHOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1911ID H000857
LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 742 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 742 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1895 → 1897
still a Republican
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 ↓189519011907
1909–1061st Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.5%with Democrats
of 107 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −9 pts — within one party label.
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 4, 1911H.Res. 1008LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 4, 1911H.R. 32957LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 4, 1911H.Res. 1008LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 1008), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1911S. 6995LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1911H.R. 13474LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1911S. 10456LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1911H.R. 28436LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1911H.R. 32957LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1911H.R. 31856LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 107 contested votes scored in the 61st 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
8 Congresses54th · 189561st · 1909
Republican · House · NJ54th–61st
Term datesexact