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Elihu Benjamin Washburne

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1857–1871ID W000176
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 1,992 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 1,992 · both combined
Steepest move
−25 pts
1867 → 1869
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 ↓185718631869
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 1 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, −25 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 5, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 4, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 4, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
3 most recent roll calls shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

7 Congresses
35th · 185741st · 1869
Republican · House · IL35th–41st
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Elihu Benjamin Washburne

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1857–18717 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
17.9%with Democrats
of 1,992 votes · 82.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested18%of 1,992 · combined
Steepest move−25 pts1867→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018571869
1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 1 votes0%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 3 shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185741st · 1869
Republican35th–41st

Party switchers

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