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Benjamin Wood
Representative from New YorkHOUSEDEMOCRAT1861–1883ID W000690
LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 241 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 241 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 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 ↓1861186718731879
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.3%with Democrats
of 6 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −10 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
May 25, 1882noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 25, 1882noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 25, 1882noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · 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
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
May 25, 1882noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 25, 1882noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 25, 1882noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 23, 1882noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1882S. 1092LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1882noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 6 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
3 Congresses37th · 186147th · 1881
Democrat · House · NY37th–47th
Term datesexact