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Benjamin Franklin Marsh
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEREPUBLICAN1877–1905ID M000145
LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 1,077 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 1,077 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 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 ↓18771883188918951901
1903–0458th Congress
Sat as a Republican
2.1%with Democrats
of 47 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −10 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
Jan 20, 1905H.R. 17474LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 20, 1905H.R. 17473LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 18, 1905noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jan 18, 1905noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 18, 1905noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 18, 1905noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 27, 1904H.R. 13481LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 27, 1904S. 2263LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 27, 1904S. 2263LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 47 contested votes scored in the 58th 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 Congresses45th · 187758th · 1903
Republican · House · IL45th–58th
Term datesexact