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Melville Bull
Representative from Rhode IslandHOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1903ID B001048
LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 250 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 250 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1895 → 1897
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 ↓18951901
1901–0257th Congress
Sat as a Republican
3%with Democrats
of 33 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −8 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
Mar 2, 1903S. 1695LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1903H.R. 15802LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1903H.R. 17546LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17546), 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
Mar 2, 1903noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1903noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1903H.R. 12098LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1903H.R. 12098LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1903H.R. 12098LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1903H.R. 16842LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 33 contested votes scored in the 57th 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
4 Congresses54th · 189557th · 1901
Republican · House · RI54th–57th
Term datesexact