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Benjamin Franklin Shively
Senator from IndianaSENATEOTHER PARTY→DEMOCRAT1883–1917ID S000371
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 1,253 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 1,253 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1891 → 1909
still a Democrat
Changed parties
50th
O → D · 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 ↓188318891895190119071913O→D · 50th
1915–1664th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 2 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1891 → 1909, +12 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, 1916S.Con.Res. 14LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 24, 1916S. 3518LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1915H.J.Res. 59LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 59), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Dec 17, 1915H.J.Res. 59LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
4 most recent roll calls shown · 2 contested votes scored in the 64th 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
8 Congresses48th · 188350th · 188761st · 190964th · 1915
Other party · House · IN48th–48th
Democrat · House · IN50th–52nd
Democrat · Senate · IN61st–64th
Term datesexact