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Benjamin Franklin Whittemore
Representative from South CarolinaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1867–1871ID W000427
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 252 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 252 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 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 ↓1867
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.8%with Democrats
of 102 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, −4 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
Feb 22, 1870noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1870S. 436LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1870noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Feb 16, 1870noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1870noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1870noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 11, 1870H.R. 847LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 9, 1870noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1870noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 41st 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
2 Congresses40th · 186741st · 1869
Republican · House · SC40th–41st
Term datesexact