BO
Benjamin Baker Odell Jr.
Representative from New YorkHOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1899ID O000036
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 92 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 92 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 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 ↓1895
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.9%with Democrats
of 45 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −6 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 2, 1899H.R. 11882LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 23, 1899H.R. 11186LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 23, 1898H.R. 10293LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10293), 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
May 23, 1898H.R. 10294LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 19, 1898noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 19, 1898H.R. 4372LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 16, 1898H.R. 2219LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 11, 1898H.J.Res. 5LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 9, 1898S. 1316LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 55th 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 Congresses54th · 189555th · 1897
Republican · House · NY54th–55th
Term datesexact