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Benjamin Stark
Senator from OregonSENATEDEMOCRAT1861–1863ID S000809
LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 89 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 89 · both combined
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 ↓1861
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91%with Democrats
of 89 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Jul 17, 1862H.R. 365LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1862noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1862noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Jul 17, 1862noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1862noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 16, 1862noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 16, 1862H.R. 362LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 16, 1862H.R. 362LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 16, 1862H.J.Res. 110LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 89 contested votes scored in the 37th 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
1 Congresses37th · 1861
Democrat · Senate · OR37th–37th
Term datesexact