Benjamin Edward Russell

Representative from Georgia

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1893–1897ID R000520

LegislationHEADLINE

88%with Dems

of 147 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

88%with Dems

of 147 · both combined

Steepest move

−5 pts

1893 → 1895

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 ↓1893

1895–9654th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

85.1%with Democrats

of 47 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −5 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

Feb 19, 1897H.Res. 533No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Dec 15, 1896noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Dec 14, 1896H.R. 1888No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1888), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Dec 14, 1896H.R. 1888No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 14, 1896H.R. 577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jun 10, 1896H.R. 7664No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 9, 1896H.Res. 387No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 47 contested votes scored in the 54th 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

2 Congresses

53rd · 189354th · 1895

Democrat · House · GA53rd–54th

Term datesexact

Benjamin Edward Russell

Representative from Georgia

HOUSED1893–18972 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

88.4%with Democrats

of 147 votes · 11.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested88%of 147 · combined

Steepest move−5 pts1893→95, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018931895

1895–96 · 54th · Democrat · of 47 votes85.1%

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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 · 47 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189354th · 1895

Democrat53rd–54th

Party switchers

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