Benjamin Franklin Loan

Representative from Missouri

HOUSEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1863–1869ID L000384

LegislationHEADLINE

17%with Dems

of 1,111 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

17%with Dems

of 1,111 · both combined

Steepest move

+6 pts

1863 → 1865

the label changed

Changed parties

39th

O → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓1863O→R · 39th

1867–6840th Congress

Sat as a Republican

16.1%with Democrats

of 386 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, +6 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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, 1869S. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1869S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 211), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1746No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1746No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869H.J.Res. 476No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869H.J.Res. 474No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 386 contested votes scored in the 40th 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

38th · 186339th · 186540th · 1867

Other party · House · MO38th–38th

Republican · House · MO39th–40th

Term datesexact

Benjamin Franklin Loan

Representative from Missouri

HOUSEO→R1863–18693 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

17.5%with Democrats

of 1,111 votes · 82.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested17%of 1,111 · combined

Steepest move+6 pts1863→65, as a Republican

Changed parties39thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18631867

1867–68 · 40th · Republican · of 386 votes16.1%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 386 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186340th · 1867

Other party38th–38th

Republican39th–40th

Other party switchers

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