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Eben Wever Martin

Representative from South Dakota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1901–1915ID M000176
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LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 496 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 496 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1907 → 1909
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 ↓190119071913
1913–1463rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.1%with Democrats
of 27 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1907 → 1909, +9 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
Mar 4, 1915noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1915S. 4522No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1915H.R. 20415No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 20415), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 1, 1915noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1915H.R. 19422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1915H.R. 19909No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1915H.R. 19422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1915H.R. 19422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1915H.R. 17869No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 27 contested votes scored in the 63rd 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

7 Congresses
57th · 190163rd · 1913
Republican · House · SD57th–63rd
Term datesexact
Members · South Dakota
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Eben Wever Martin

Representative from South Dakota
HOUSER1901–19157 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
8.7%with Democrats
of 496 votes · 91.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested9%of 496 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1907→09, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019011913
1913–14 · 63rd · Republican · of 27 votes11.1%

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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 · 27 contested votes scored in the 63rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

57th · 190163rd · 1913
Republican57th–63rd

Party switchers

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