Nathaniel Prentice Banks

Representative from Massachusetts

HOUSEREPUBLICAN→INDEPENDENT→REPUBLICAN1857–1891ID B000116

LegislationHEADLINE

12%with Dems

of 1,988 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

12%with Dems

of 1,988 · both combined

Steepest move

−12 pts

1871 → 1875

the label changed

Changed parties

44th

R → I · first Congress under it

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 ↓185718631869187518811887R→I · 44th

1889–9051st Congress

Sat as a Republican

2.2%with Democrats

of 362 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1871 → 1875, −12 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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 2, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1891S. 4155No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4155), 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

Open roll call

Mar 2, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1891S. 5109No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1891S. 5110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1891H.R. 13462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 362 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

8 Congresses

35th · 185744th · 187545th · 187751st · 1889

Republican · House · MA35th–42nd

Independent · House · MA44th–44th

Republican · House · MA45th–51st

Term datesexact

Nathaniel Prentice Banks

Representative from Massachusetts

HOUSER→I→R1857–18918 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

12.3%with Democrats

of 1,988 votes · 87.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested12%of 1,988 · combined

Steepest move−12 pts1871→75, as an Independent

Changed parties44thR→I

Career arc

100500R→I18571889

1889–90 · 51st · Republican · of 362 votes2.2%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 362 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185751st · 1889

Republican35th–42nd

Independent44th–44th

Republican45th–51st

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