BJ
Benton Franklin Jensen
Representative from IowaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1965ID J000100
LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 1,246 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 1,246 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1953 → 1955
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 ↓19391945195119571963
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Republican
5.1%with Democrats
of 117 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, +13 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
Oct 3, 1964H.R. 12633LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1964S. 3060LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1964S. 3060LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3060), 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
Oct 1, 1964H.Res. 892LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 23, 1964H.R. 1096LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 22, 1964H.R. 12633LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 3, 1964S. 2220LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 3, 1964H.R. 12298LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 3, 1964H.R. 12298LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 88th 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
13 Congresses76th · 193988th · 1963
Republican · House · IA76th–88th
Term datesexact