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Benjamin Franklin Welty

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1917–1921ID W000291
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 236 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 236 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
1917 → 1919
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 ↓1917
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.1%with Democrats
of 124 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, +1 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, 1921H.R. 15422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15943No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15943), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1921S. 1551No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15943No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15943No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1921noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1921noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1921noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 124 contested votes scored in the 66th 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
65th · 191766th · 1919
Democrat · House · OH65th–66th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Benjamin Franklin Welty

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1917–19212 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
82.6%with Democrats
of 236 votes · 17.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 236 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts1917→19, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019171919
1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 124 votes83.1%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 124 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191766th · 1919
Democrat65th–66th

Party switchers

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