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Benjamin Franklin Martin
Representative from West VirginiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1877–1881ID M000169
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 487 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 487 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1877 → 1879
still a Democrat
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 ↓1877
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.3%with Democrats
of 257 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −6 pts — while still a Democrat.
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, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881H.R. 7255LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 257 contested votes scored in the 46th 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
2 Congresses45th · 187746th · 1879
Democrat · House · WV45th–46th
Term datesexact