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William Markle Berlin

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1937ID B000409
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 148 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 148 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓1933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.8%with Democrats
of 72 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, +4 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 13, 1936H.R. 2066No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 11, 1936H.Res. 123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 11, 1936H.R. 12624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12624), 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
May 11, 1936H.Res. 509No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 30, 1936S. 1432No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 29, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 25, 1936H.Res. 461No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 23, 1936H.R. 11563No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 13, 1936H.Res. 447No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 74th 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
73rd · 193374th · 1935
Democrat · House · PA73rd–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
WB

William Markle Berlin

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1933–19372 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
93.9%with Democrats
of 148 votes · 6.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 148 · combined
Steepest move+4 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331935
1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 72 votes95.8%

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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 · 72 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193374th · 1935
Democrat73rd–74th

Party switchers

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