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John Benjamin Long

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1891–1893ID L000422
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 135 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 135 · 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 ↓1891
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.2%with Democrats
of 135 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
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10258No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 7028No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7028), 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
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1893H.J.Res. 196No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1893H.Res. 9612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 1312No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 2566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 135 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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
52nd · 1891
Democrat · House · TX52nd–52nd
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
JL

John Benjamin Long

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1891–18931 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.2%with Democrats
of 135 votes · 14.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 135 · combined

Career arc

10050018911891
1891–92 · 52nd · Democrat · of 135 votes85.2%

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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 · 135 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

52nd · 189152nd · 1891
Democrat52nd–52nd

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