Benjamin Franklin Rice

Senator from Arkansas

SENATEREPUBLICAN1867–1873ID R000195

LegislationHEADLINE

29%with Dems

of 729 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

29%with Dems

of 729 · both combined

Steepest move

+22 pts

1869 → 1871

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 ↓1867

1871–7242nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

41.1%with Democrats

of 309 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, +22 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 3, 1873S. 1544No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4051), 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

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Mar 3, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1873S. 1228No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 309 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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

3 Congresses

40th · 186742nd · 1871

Republican · Senate · AR40th–42nd

Term datesexact

Benjamin Franklin Rice

Senator from Arkansas

SENATER1867–18733 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

28.5%with Democrats

of 729 votes · 71.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested29%of 729 · combined

Steepest move+22 pts1869→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018671871

1871–72 · 42nd · Republican · of 309 votes41.1%

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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 · 309 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186742nd · 1871

Republican40th–42nd

Party switchers

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