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John Benedict Steele

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1861–1865ID S000833
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LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 677 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 677 · both combined
Steepest move
−0 pts
1861 → 1863
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 ↓1861
1863–6438th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.4%with Democrats
of 377 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −0 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
Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · 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
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 141No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 761No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 377 contested votes scored in the 38th 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
37th · 186138th · 1863
Democrat · House · NY37th–38th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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John Benedict Steele

Representative from New York
HOUSED1861–18652 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
80.4%with Democrats
of 677 votes · 19.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested80%of 677 · combined
Steepest move−0 pts1861→63, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018611863
1863–64 · 38th · Democrat · of 377 votes80.4%

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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 · 377 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186138th · 1863
Democrat37th–38th

Party switchers

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