Merwin Coad

Representative from Iowa

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1957–1963ID C000540

LegislationHEADLINE

90%with Dems

of 267 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

90%with Dems

of 267 · both combined

Steepest move

+10 pts

1959 → 1961

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 ↓1957

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

95.5%with Democrats

of 88 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +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

Oct 13, 1962H.R. 12900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 12, 1962H.R. 12900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 10, 1962H.R. 8952No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8952), 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

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Oct 10, 1962H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 10, 1962H.Res. 831No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 5, 1962H.R. 7972No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1962H.Res. 803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 3, 1962H.Res. 823No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1962H.Res. 818No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 88 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

3 Congresses

85th · 195787th · 1961

Democrat · House · IA85th–87th

Term datesexact

Merwin Coad

Representative from Iowa

HOUSED1957–19633 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

90.3%with Democrats

of 267 votes · 9.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested90%of 267 · combined

Steepest move+10 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019571961

1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 88 votes95.5%

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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 · 88 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

85th · 195787th · 1961

Democrat85th–87th

Party switchers

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