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Benjamin Franklin Wade
Senator from OhioSENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1869ID W000005
LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 1,744 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 1,744 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓18571863
1867–6840th Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.3%with Democrats
of 219 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +11 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, 1869H.R. 1666LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869S.J.Res. 196LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 2007LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 2007LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 2007LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 2007LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869H.J.Res. 413LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1744LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 219 contested votes scored in the 40th 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
6 Congresses35th · 185740th · 1867
Republican · Senate · OH35th–40th
Term datesexact