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Merlin Hull

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1929–1955ID H000943
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LegislationHEADLINE
47%with Dems
of 1,008 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
47%with Dems
of 1,008 · both combined
Steepest move
−40 pts
1929 → 1935
the label changed
Changed parties
74th
R → O · 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 ↓19291935194119471953R→O · 74th
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
50%with Democrats
of 6 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1929 → 1935, −40 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
May 13, 1953H.R. 5134No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 24, 1953H.R. 1432No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 15, 1953H.R. 3480No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3480), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Apr 1, 1953H.R. 4198No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 1, 1953H.R. 4198No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 13, 1953H.R. 3575No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 10, 1953H.R. 3575No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1953H.J.Res. 160No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1953H.R. 2332No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 6 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

11 Congresses
71st · 192974th · 193580th · 194783rd · 1953
Republican · House · WI71st–71st
Other party · House · WI74th–79th
Republican · House · WI80th–83rd
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
MH

Merlin Hull

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSER→O→R1929–195511 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
47.4%with Democrats
of 1,008 votes · 52.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested47%of 1,008 · combined
Steepest move−40 pts1929→35, under another label
Changed parties74thR→O

Career arc

100500R→O19291953
1953–54 · 83rd · Republican · of 6 votes50%

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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 · 6 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

71st · 192983rd · 1953
Republican71st–71st
Other party74th–79th
Republican80th–83rd

Other party switchers

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